
Dr Andrew James Amos is an Australian psychiatrist, academic and political commentator based in Townsville.[1] Numerous articles in the Australian print media have discussed his published views on: Indigenous mental health, psychiatric training processes, and the lack of evidence underpinning gender affirming interventions for children with gender distress.[2] [3] [4] [5][6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Amos has also appeared on Sky News Australia to provide expert commentary on social issues such as gender interventions for children.[15]
Amos is deputy editor of the journal Australasian Psychiatry.[16] He has authored or co-authored over one hundred journal articles on a wide range of topics, including: emergency psychiatric care, intellectual disability, early psychosis, involuntary treatment, neuropsychiatry, Indigenous health, youth suicide, psychotherapy, gender interventions, psychiatric training, climate change, dementia, anxiety disorders and acquired brain injury.[17]
Amos is Chair of the Queensland Section of Rural Psychiatry, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP).[18]
References
- ^ Mental Health Professionals Network. "Dr Andrew Amos". MHPN. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
- ^ Williams, Luke (2024-08-27). "Prominent doctors slam psychiatrist Dr Andrew Amos for 'harmful' trans views". https://archive.md/P67CQ. Cairns Post. Cairns Post. Retrieved 28/12/24.
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- ^ Guenzler, Joseph (3/2/2024). "Dr Amos urges tough talks on Indigenous mental health in wake of referendum". National Indigenous Times. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
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(help) - ^ Scott, Mackenzie (2024-04-22). "Calls for Australian review of gender services as rigour questioned". https://archive.md/KDZcZ#selection-303.5-303.75. The Australian Newspaper. The Australian Newspaper. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
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- ^ Meyerowitz-Katz, Gideon (2024-12-28). "You want to know what's wrong with the Cass Review? Muddle-headed, error-strewn and flawed". AusDoc. AusDoc. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
- ^ Amos, Andrew (1/09/2024). "Silencing critics will not save transgender lives". https://archive.md/oSaV1. Cairns Post. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
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- ^ Doumit, Monica (2024-02-15). "'Please don't look away,' detransitioners plead". Catholic Weekly. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
- ^ Bolt, Andrew (2024-03-17). "Five signs we've reached peak stupid in Australia". https://archive.md/HsFqq#selection-1715.8-1715.197. Sky News Australia. Sky News Australia. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
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- ^ Amos, Andrew (12/04/2024). "Trans activism is holding proper health care to ransom". https://archive.md/Flem8. The Australian Newspaper. The Australian Newspaper. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
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- ^ Robinson, Natasha (2023-11-18). "Doctors call for trans care rethink". https://archive.md/8lvrS. The Australian Newspaper. The Australian Newspaper. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
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- ^ Amos, Andrew (9/10/2023). "Scrapping high pressure clinical exams for trainees makes it dangerously easy to become a specialist". AusDoc. AusDoc. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
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(help) - ^ Credlin, Peta (2023-11-18). "Credlin: Albo absent as Labor loses its way". https://archive.md/3q7Dw. The Daily Telegraph. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
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- ^ Amos, Andrew (2024-08-26). "Why have the Cass Review's alarming findings had no effect on Australia's gender clinics?". https://archive.md/ube0B. AusDoc. AusDoc. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
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- ^ Dowling, James (2024-03-24). "Queensland professor advocates greater scrutiny of transgender patients". https://archive.md/ECaJ6. The Australian Newspaper. The Australian Newspaper. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
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- ^ Bolt, Andrew (2024-03-13). "Exact number of Aust kids given puberty blockers unknown says academic psychiatrist". Sky News Australia. Sky News Australia. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
- ^ "Editorial Board: Australasian Psychiatry". Sage Journals Australasian Psychiatry Editorial Board. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
- ^ "Dr Andrew Amos". Orcid: connecting research and researchers. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
- ^ James Cook University Media Release (2024-03-22). "Gender care practice questioned". James Cook University. James Cook University.