St John of God Burwood Hospital

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St John of God Burwood Hospital
St John of God Health Care
St John of God Burwood Hospital
Geography
Location Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates 33°52′12″S151°06′00″E / 33.869937°S 151.100022°E / -33.869937; 151.100022
Organisation
Funding Private
Type Specialist
Religious affiliation Catholic Church
Services
SpecialityPsychiatric hospital
Links
Lists Hospitals in Australia

St John of God Hospital Burwood is a private psychiatric hospital located in Sydney's Inner West region which provides mental health care on an inpatient, day patient and outpatient basis [1] .

Contents

St John of God Burwood Hospital is a division of St John of God Health Care, a Catholic not-for-profit healthcare group, serving communities with hospitals, home nursing, and social outreach services throughout Australia, New Zealand, and the wider Asia-Pacific region. [2]

Facilities

St John of God Burwood Hospital has one ECT suite and one TMS interventional laboratory. It also has the only specialist inpatient mother and baby unit in New South Wales. [3] In addition to the main building, the hospital operates specialised medical consulting rooms at the adjacent Medical Centre, as well as a Counselling and Therapy Centre located in the hospital grounds. [4]

Research

In 2009, the Perinatal and Women's Mental Health Unit was established through a partnership with St John of God Health Care and the University of New South Wales. [5]

Based at the Burwood Hospital and led by Marie-Paule Austin, the unit is the first of its kind in Australia to combine both prenatal and women's mental health. Austin and her team will conduct research into anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and other emotional health issues experienced by mothers during pregnancy and after birth. [6]

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References

  1. "About". sjog.org.au. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  2. "Facilities". www.sjog.org.au. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  3. "I thought "I will never have my life back"" . Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  4. St John of God Hospital Burwood, “About Us”, Retrieved 2011-02-24
  5. St John of God Health Care (2009-03-06), “An Australian first for mothers and babies - Burwood establishes Australia's first chair of Perinatal and Women's Mental Health”, Press release, Retrieved 2011-02-14
  6. The University of New South Wales (2009-03-02), “Australian first for mothers and babies”, Press release, Retrieved 2011-02-14