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About Dr Kanodia

Professional background

Experience in public and private psychiatry

Dr Shama Kanodia is a consultant psychiatrist at Belmont Private Hospital. She has more than 25 years of postgraduate experience and has worked across public and private mental health settings.

She is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists and has completed an Advanced Training Certificate in Adult Psychiatry.

Her clinical work includes adult psychiatry, perinatal mental health and women’s mental health through different life stages.

Her approach

Supportive, non-judgmental and individualised

Every person brings a different history, set of circumstances and treatment goals. Dr Kanodia takes time to understand the whole picture and explain available options clearly.

Where appropriate, she works with referring GPs, obstetricians, psychologists and allied health professionals to support continuity and coordinated care.

Special interests

Women’s mental health

Dr Kanodia has a particular interest in how mental health can be influenced by hormonal change, reproductive experiences and the many roles women carry. Areas of care include pregnancy and postpartum wellbeing, menstrual-cycle related difficulties, perimenopause and menopause, anxiety, depression, mood disorders and significant life transitions.

Perinatal and postpartum mental health

Menstrual-cycle related mood change

Perimenopause and menopause

Anxiety, depression and bipolar disorder

Trauma and complex presentations

Veteran, defence and emergency-services mental health

Professional qualifications

MBBS, FRANZCP

Advanced Training Certificate in Adult Psychiatry

Trained in ECT and rTMS

Accredited to provide esketamine treatment

Consultations in English