Patrick McGorry
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Professor Patrick McGorry AO |
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McGorry in 2010
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| Born |
Patrick Dennistoun McGorry 10 September 1952 Dublin, Ireland |
| Residence | Melbourne, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education |
Bishop Gore School Newcastle Boys' High School |
| Alma mater |
University of Sydney Monash University University of Melbourne |
| Occupation | Psychiatrist |
| Organization | Executive Director, Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health |
| Known for | Development of the early intervention services for youth psychosis |
| Title | Australian of the Year |
| Term | 2010 |
| Predecessor | Mick Dodson |
| Successor | Simon McKeon |
| Spouse(s) | Merilyn Hawke (m. 1980) |
| Children | Three |
| Awards | Order of Australia |
| Website | www |
Patrick Dennistoun McGorry AO FAA FASSA FRCP FRANZCP born 10 September 1952) is an Irish-born Australian psychiatrist known for his development of the early intervention services for youth experiencing symptoms of psychosis.
McGorry is Professor of Youth Mental Health at the University of Melbourne. He has written numerous peer reviewed articles, published in journals including The Lancet, the British Journal of Psychiatry, the American Journal of Psychiatry and the Medical Journal of Australia. He is executive director of Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health and founding editor of Early Intervention in Psychiatry published by the International Early Psychosis Association. McGorry also advocated strongly for the establishment of the Australian government funded National Youth Mental Health Foundation, which became headspace, and is a founding board member of that organisation.
McGorry and his colleagues developed an approach for young people who have symptoms of psychosis for the first time, based at the EPPIC clinic in Melbourne. This EPPIC clinic has played a key part in an early psychosis treatment paradigm for psychiatry and has led to significant reform of mental health services, especially in the United Kingdom. The EPPIC clinic is best represented by the catch phrase "A stitch in time" and its development of a service for those at risk of developing psychosis.
Initial evaluations of EPPIC showed that it was not only effective compared to the previous traditional model of care but that it was also cost effective. Professor McGorry was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2003 in recognition of his work on the EPPIC programme.
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