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Associate Professor Michael Robertson

MBBS(Hons) PhD FRANZCP
Clinical Associate Professor
Centre for Values, Ethics &
Law in Medicine (VELIM), School of Public Health
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Biographical details

Dr Robertson is a Clinical Associate Professor of Mental Health Ethics at SydneyHealth Ethics and a visiting Professorial Fellow at the Sydney Jewish Museum. He is an Approved Medical Specialist for the NSW Worker's Compensation Commission. His clinical work is in Occupational Psychiatry and Civil Forensic Psychiatry. He had worked previously in acute adult and community psychiatry for 20 years and had been a previous Head of Department of Psychiatry at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. He has previously coordinated a clinical service for survivors of psychological trauma.

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Research interests

Dr Robertson completed his PhD in the area of psychiatric ethics and traumatic stress. He was the chief investigator in a NSW Health funded study examining involuntary psychiatric treatment in the community. He has published in the area of psychological trauma, philosophy and psychiatry, and brief psychotherapy. He has interests including the depiction of psychiatry in cinema and human rights abuses perpetrated by psychiatrists under National Socialism in Germany.

Along with Garry Walter, Edwina Light and Wendy Lipworth he conducts the research program "Psychiatry and the State", currently focusing on the Holocaust and the National Socialist period in Germany (1933-45)

Ethics and Mental Health - the patient, the profession and the community was published by Taylor and Francis in 2013.His next book The First into the Darkwill be published by UTS e-press later in 2018

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Teaching and supervision

Dr Robertson is a co-coordinator of the Ethics in Mental Health unit of study (BETH 5205) in the Sydney Bioethics Program. He teaches in the Holocaust: History and Aftermath unit of study (JCTC 2606) in the Jewish Civilisation, Thought and Culture program. He contributes periodically to the Medical Humanities and Masters of Public Health teaching program.

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Current projects

Psychiatry and the State

The cinematic legacy of Ich Klage an and disability rights

Margarethe Neumann (nee Herzl) - study of Jewish victimhood in the Krankenmorde

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Associations

Visiting Professorial Fellow, Sydney Jewish Museum

Member, Australian Institute of Genocide Scholars

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In the media

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Selected grants

2015

  • Psychiatry under the Swastika; Robertson M; University of Sydney/Internal Scheme.

2009

  • Community Treatment Orders: improving clinical decision-making; Robertson M; Health Administration Corporation/Drug and Alcohol Research Grant.
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Selected publications

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Book Chapters

  • Robertson, M., Light, E., Walter, G., Lipworth, W. (2017). Psychiatry, Genocide and the National Socialist State: Lessons Learnt, Ignored and Forgotten. In Nikki Marczak and Kirril Shields (Eds.), Genocide Perspectives V: A Global Crime, Australian Voices, (pp. 69-89). Sydney: UTS ePRESS.
  • Robertson, M., Light, E. (2017). What is Ethics? In David B. Cooper (Eds.), Ethics in Mental Health-Substance Use, (pp. 8-21). New York: Routledge.
  • Robertson, M. (2015). Ethical Issues in Working with Criminal Offenders. In John Sadler, K. Fulford, C. W. van Staden (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Psychiatric Ethics, (pp. 1-20). Oxford: Oxford University Press. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M., Walter, G. (2011). Psychiatric ethics and the 'new professionalism'. In Dinesh Bhugra, Amit Malik, Gearge Ikkos (Eds.), Psychiatrys Contract with Society: Concepts, controversies, and consequences, (pp. 221-239). New York, USA: Oxford University Press. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M., Walter, G. (2009). Trauma and post traumatic stress disorder. In Bloch, S; Green, S (Eds.), Psychiatric Ethics, (pp. 473-494). New York, USA: Oxford University Press. [More Information]

Journals

  • Light, E., Robertson, M., Boyce, P., Carney, T., Rosen, A., Cleary, M., Hunt, G., O'Connor, N., Ryan, C., Kerridge, I. (2017). How shortcomings in the mental health system affect the use of involuntary community treatment orders. Australian Health Review, 41(3), 351-356. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M., Walter, G., Bloch, S. (2016). Ethical use of the media by psychiatrists: towards an antipodean formulation of the "Goldwater Rule". Australasian Psychiatry, 24(1), 26-29. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M., Light, E., Walter, G., Lipworth, W. (2016). Psychiatry and the 'Gay Holocaust' - the lessons of Jill Soloway's Transparent. Australasian Psychiatry, 24(6), 571-574. [More Information]
  • Light, E., Robertson, M., Kerridge, I., Boyce, P., Carney, T., Rosen, A., Cleary, M., Hunt, G., O'Connor, N. (2016). Reconceptualizing Involuntary Outpatient Psychiatric Treatment: From "Capacity" to "Capability". Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology, 23(1), 33-45. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M., Light, E., Lipworth, W., Walter, G. (2016). The Contemporary Significance of the Holocaust for Australian Psychiatry. Health and History, 18(2), 99-120.
  • Light, E., Kerridge, I., Robertson, M., Boyce, P., Carney, T., Rosen, A., Cleary, M., Hunt, G., O'Connor, N., Ryan, C. (2015). Involuntary psychiatric treatment in the community: general practitioners and the implementation of community treatment orders. Australian Family Physician, 44(7), 485-489. [More Information]
  • Soh, N., Burns, F., Shackel, R., Robinson, B., Robertson, M., Walter, G. (2015). Law student mental health literacy and distress: Finances, accommodation and travel time. Legal Education Review, 25(1-2), 29-63.
  • Light, E., Robertson, M., Boyce, P., Carney, T., Rosen, A., Cleary, M., Hunt, G., O'Connor, N., Ryan, C., Kerridge, I. (2015). The Many Faces of Risk: A Qualitative Study of Risk in Outpatient Involuntary Treatment. Psychiatric Services, 66(6), 649-652. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M. (2014). Sapere non aude! - Revisiting The Ailment in the age of the risk society. Australasian Psychiatry, 22(4), 325-327. [More Information]
  • Light, E., Robertson, M., Boyce, P., Carney, T., Rosen, A., Cleary, M., Hunt, G., O'Connor, N., Ryan, C., Kerridge, I. (2014). The lived experience of involuntary community treatment: a qualitative study of mental health consumers and carers. Australasian Psychiatry, 22(4), 345-351. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M. (2013). Involuntary Treatment and Forcibly Restraining Patients. Asian Bioethics Review, 5:03, 224-226. [More Information]
  • Walter, G., Robertson, M., Soh, N. (2013). Milestones for a College and journal. Australasian Psychiatry, 21(1), 5-7. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M. (2013). Psychiatric discourse in the wake of the Editor's retirement. Spinal Cord, 21(6), 603-603. [More Information]
  • Lawrence, J., White, R., O'Connor, N., Robertson, M. (2013). Reflective accounts of psychiatry in Australasia, 1963-2000. Australasian Psychiatry, 21(2), 97-105. [More Information]
  • Light, E., Kerridge, I., Ryan, C., Robertson, M. (2012). Community treatment orders in Australia: rates and patterns of use. Australasian Psychiatry, 20(6), 478-482. [More Information]
  • Light, E., Kerridge, I., Ryan, C., Robertson, M. (2012). Out of sight, out of mind: making involuntary community treatment visible in the mental health system. Medical Journal of Australia, 196(9), 591-593. [More Information]
  • Cleary, M., Hunt, G., Robertson, M. (2011). Editorial: Improving research cultures in nursing. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 20(9-10), 1213-1214. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M. (2011). Symposium: Neuroethics and Mental Health - Old Wine in New Bottles or a Legitimate New Field of Bioethical Inquiry. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 8(1), 13-14. [More Information]
  • Walter, G., Robertson, M., Malhi, G., Soh, N. (2010). Charles Lasegue (1816-1883): beyond anorexie hysterique. Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 22, 300-301.
  • Ryan, C., Walter, G., Robertson, M. (2010). College activities and the ethics of advertising. Australasian Psychiatry, 18(2), 101-105. [More Information]
  • Walter, G., Robertson, M., Rey, J., Soh, N., Malhi, G. (2010). Electroconvulsive therapy in young people and the pioneering spirit of Lauretta Bender. Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 22(5), 253-254. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M., Walter, G. (2010). Eric Kandel and Aplysia californica: their role in the elucidation of mechanisms of memory and the study of psychotherapy. Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 22(4), 195-196. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M., Walter, G. (2010). WHR Rivers and the politics of trauma. Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 22(2), 87-89. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M., Kerridge, I. (2009). "Through a glass, darkly": the clinical and ethical implications of Munchausen syndrome. Medical Journal of Australia, 191(4), 217-219. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M., Walter, G. (2009). Commentary on Lopez-Munoz and Alamo. Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 2, 54-57. [More Information]
  • Cleary, M., Hunt, G., Walter, G., Robertson, M. (2009). Dealing with bullying in the workplace: toward zero tolerance. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 47(12), 34-41. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M., Kerridge, I., Walter, G. (2009). Ethnomethodological study of the values of Australian psychiatrists: towards an empirically derived RANZCP Code of Ethics. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 43(5), 409-419. [More Information]
  • Cleary, M., Hunt, G., Walter, G., Robertson, M. (2009). Locked inpatient units in modern mental health care: values and practice issues. Journal of Medical Ethics, 35(10), 644-646. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M. (2008). La psychotherapie interpersonnelle (PTI) pour le traitement du trouble de stress post-traumatique (TSPT) [Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder]. Sant� Mentale au Qu�bec, 33(2), 133-150. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M., Walter, G. (2008). Many faces of the dual-role dilemma in psychiatric ethics. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 42(3), 228-235. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M., Pols, H., Walter, G. (2008). Part 1: Conceptual Issues and the Case of Argentine Psychiatry. Journal of Ethics in Mental Health, 3(1), 1-5.
  • Robertson, M., Kerridge, I., Walter, G. (2008). Part 2: A Pilot Ethnomethodological Study. Journal of Ethics in Mental Health, 3(1), 1-5.
  • Robertson, M., Walter, G. (2008). Synopsis of Psychiatric Ethics: based on six papers published in Australasian Psychiatry. Journal of Ethics in Mental Health, 3(1), 1-4.
  • Robertson, M., Kerridge, I., Walter, G. (2008). The social construction of values and the psychiatric profession Part 2: A pilot ethnomethodological study. Journal of Ethics in Mental Health, 3(1), 1-5.
  • Robertson, M., Pols, H., Walter, G. (2008). The Social Construction of Values and the Psychiatric Profession. Part 1: Conceptual Issues and the Case of Argentine Psychiatry. Journal of Ethics in Mental Health, 3(1), 1-5.
  • Robertson, M., Walter, G. (2007). A Critical Reflection on Utilitarianism as the Basis for Psychiatric Ethics Part I: Utilitarianism as an Ethical Theory. Journal of Ethics in Mental Health, 2(1), 1-4.
  • Robertson, M., Walter, G. (2007). A Critical Reflection on Utilitarianism as the Basis for Psychiatric Ethics Part II: Utilitarianism and Psychiatry. Journal of Ethics in Mental Health, 2, 7-10.
  • Robertson, M., Walter, G. (2007). Editorial. Psychiatric Annals, 37, 776-777.
  • Fisher, K., Walter, G., Robertson, M. (2007). Narrative Ethics in Psychiatry and the Literature of Youth. Psychiatric Annals, 37(12), 810-815.
  • Robertson, M., Rushton, P., Batrim, D., Moore, E., Morris, P. (2007). Open trial of interpersonal psychotherapy for chronic post traumatic stress disorder. Australasian Psychiatry, 15(5), 375-379. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M., Walter, G. (2007). Overview of psychiatric ethics I: Professional ethics and psychiatry. Australasian Psychiatry, 15(3), 201-206. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M., Walter, G. (2007). Overview of psychiatric ethics II: Virtue ethics and the ethics of care. Australasian Psychiatry, 15(3), 207-211. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M., Ryan, C., Walter, G. (2007). Overview of psychiatric ethics III: principles-based ethics. Australasian Psychiatry, 15(4), 281-286. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M., Ryan, C., Walter, G. (2007). Overview of psychiatric ethics IV: the method of casuistry. Australasian Psychiatry, 15(4), 287-291. [More Information]
  • Walter, G., Morris, K., Robertson, M. (2007). Overview of psychiatric ethics V: utilitarianism and the ethics of duty. Australasian Psychiatry, 15(5), 402-410. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M., Walter, G. (2007). Overview of psychiatric ethics VI: newer approaches to the field. Australasian Psychiatry, 15(5), 411-416. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M. (2007). Part 1: Psychiatrists and Social Justice - The Concept of Justice. Journal of Ethics in Mental Health, 2(2), 1-5.
  • Robertson, M. (2007). Part II: Psychiatrists and Social Justice - When the Social Contract Fails. Journal of Ethics in Mental Health, 2(2), 1-4.
  • Robertson, M., Walter, G. (2007). Psychiatric Ethics - A Complicated Challenge [Editorial]. Psychiatric Annals, 37(12), 776-777.
  • Robertson, M., Walter, G. (2007). The Ethics of Psychiatric Diagnosis. Psychiatric Annals, 37(12), 792-797. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M. (2006). Books reconsidered: Emile Durkheim, Le Suicide. Australasian Psychiatry, 14(4), 365-368. [More Information]
  • Reay, R., Fisher, Y., Robertson, M., Adams, E., Owen, C., Kumar, R. (2006). Group interpersonal psychotherapy for postnatal depression: a pilot study. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 9(1), 31-39. [More Information]
  • Stuart, S., Robertson, M., O'Hara, M. (2006). The future of interpersonal psychotherapy. Psychiatric Annals, 36(8), 578-588.
  • Ruzich, M., Looi, J., Robertson, M. (2005). Delayed onset of posttraumatic stress disorder among male combat veterans: a case series. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 13(5), 424-427. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M. (2005). Power and knowledge in psychiatry and the troubling case of Dr Osheroff. Australasian Psychiatry, 13(4), 343-50. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M. (2005). Psychotherapy research and the idol mind. Archives of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, 7(4), 5-16.

Edited Journals

  • Robertson, M., Walter, G. (2007). Psychiatric Annals Volume 37, Issue 12. Psychiatric Annals, 37(12).

Conferences

  • Light, E., Robertson, M., Boyce, P., et al (2016). Discussants. CASP/SLAM Leadership Seminar: Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Sydney, NSW: Presentation.
  • Robertson, M., Light, E. (2016). Qualitative Research Methods in Mental Health. World Psychiatric Association International Congress 2016 - Psychiatry: Integrative Care for the Community, Cape Town, South Africa: Presentation.
  • Robertson, M., Ryan, C., Light, E., Boyce, P., Rosen, A., Carney, T. (2013). Conceptual Models of "Risk" and "Capacity" in Community-Based Compulsory Psychiatric Treatment: Results from an Empirical Study. XXXIIIrd Congress of the International Academy of Law and Mental Health (IALMH 2013), Canada: International Academy of Law and Mental Health.

2017

  • Light, E., Robertson, M., Boyce, P., Carney, T., Rosen, A., Cleary, M., Hunt, G., O'Connor, N., Ryan, C., Kerridge, I. (2017). How shortcomings in the mental health system affect the use of involuntary community treatment orders. Australian Health Review, 41(3), 351-356. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M., Light, E., Walter, G., Lipworth, W. (2017). Psychiatry, Genocide and the National Socialist State: Lessons Learnt, Ignored and Forgotten. In Nikki Marczak and Kirril Shields (Eds.), Genocide Perspectives V: A Global Crime, Australian Voices, (pp. 69-89). Sydney: UTS ePRESS.
  • Robertson, M., Light, E. (2017). What is Ethics? In David B. Cooper (Eds.), Ethics in Mental Health-Substance Use, (pp. 8-21). New York: Routledge.

2016

  • Light, E., Robertson, M., Boyce, P., et al (2016). Discussants. CASP/SLAM Leadership Seminar: Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Sydney, NSW: Presentation.
  • Robertson, M., Walter, G., Bloch, S. (2016). Ethical use of the media by psychiatrists: towards an antipodean formulation of the "Goldwater Rule". Australasian Psychiatry, 24(1), 26-29. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M., Light, E., Walter, G., Lipworth, W. (2016). Psychiatry and the 'Gay Holocaust' - the lessons of Jill Soloway's Transparent. Australasian Psychiatry, 24(6), 571-574. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M., Light, E. (2016). Qualitative Research Methods in Mental Health. World Psychiatric Association International Congress 2016 - Psychiatry: Integrative Care for the Community, Cape Town, South Africa: Presentation.
  • Light, E., Robertson, M., Kerridge, I., Boyce, P., Carney, T., Rosen, A., Cleary, M., Hunt, G., O'Connor, N. (2016). Reconceptualizing Involuntary Outpatient Psychiatric Treatment: From "Capacity" to "Capability". Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology, 23(1), 33-45. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M., Light, E., Lipworth, W., Walter, G. (2016). The Contemporary Significance of the Holocaust for Australian Psychiatry. Health and History, 18(2), 99-120.

2015

  • Robertson, M. (2015). Ethical Issues in Working with Criminal Offenders. In John Sadler, K. Fulford, C. W. van Staden (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Psychiatric Ethics, (pp. 1-20). Oxford: Oxford University Press. [More Information]
  • Light, E., Kerridge, I., Robertson, M., Boyce, P., Carney, T., Rosen, A., Cleary, M., Hunt, G., O'Connor, N., Ryan, C. (2015). Involuntary psychiatric treatment in the community: general practitioners and the implementation of community treatment orders. Australian Family Physician, 44(7), 485-489. [More Information]
  • Soh, N., Burns, F., Shackel, R., Robinson, B., Robertson, M., Walter, G. (2015). Law student mental health literacy and distress: Finances, accommodation and travel time. Legal Education Review, 25(1-2), 29-63.
  • Light, E., Robertson, M., Boyce, P., Carney, T., Rosen, A., Cleary, M., Hunt, G., O'Connor, N., Ryan, C., Kerridge, I. (2015). The Many Faces of Risk: A Qualitative Study of Risk in Outpatient Involuntary Treatment. Psychiatric Services, 66(6), 649-652. [More Information]

2014

  • Robertson, M. (2014). Sapere non aude! - Revisiting The Ailment in the age of the risk society. Australasian Psychiatry, 22(4), 325-327. [More Information]
  • Light, E., Robertson, M., Boyce, P., Carney, T., Rosen, A., Cleary, M., Hunt, G., O'Connor, N., Ryan, C., Kerridge, I. (2014). The lived experience of involuntary community treatment: a qualitative study of mental health consumers and carers. Australasian Psychiatry, 22(4), 345-351. [More Information]

2013

  • Robertson, M., Ryan, C., Light, E., Boyce, P., Rosen, A., Carney, T. (2013). Conceptual Models of "Risk" and "Capacity" in Community-Based Compulsory Psychiatric Treatment: Results from an Empirical Study. XXXIIIrd Congress of the International Academy of Law and Mental Health (IALMH 2013), Canada: International Academy of Law and Mental Health.
  • Robertson, M. (2013). Involuntary Treatment and Forcibly Restraining Patients. Asian Bioethics Review, 5:03, 224-226. [More Information]
  • Walter, G., Robertson, M., Soh, N. (2013). Milestones for a College and journal. Australasian Psychiatry, 21(1), 5-7. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M. (2013). Psychiatric discourse in the wake of the Editor's retirement. Spinal Cord, 21(6), 603-603. [More Information]
  • Lawrence, J., White, R., O'Connor, N., Robertson, M. (2013). Reflective accounts of psychiatry in Australasia, 1963-2000. Australasian Psychiatry, 21(2), 97-105. [More Information]

2012

  • Light, E., Kerridge, I., Ryan, C., Robertson, M. (2012). Community treatment orders in Australia: rates and patterns of use. Australasian Psychiatry, 20(6), 478-482. [More Information]
  • Light, E., Kerridge, I., Ryan, C., Robertson, M. (2012). Out of sight, out of mind: making involuntary community treatment visible in the mental health system. Medical Journal of Australia, 196(9), 591-593. [More Information]

2011

  • Cleary, M., Hunt, G., Robertson, M. (2011). Editorial: Improving research cultures in nursing. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 20(9-10), 1213-1214. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M., Walter, G. (2011). Psychiatric ethics and the 'new professionalism'. In Dinesh Bhugra, Amit Malik, Gearge Ikkos (Eds.), Psychiatrys Contract with Society: Concepts, controversies, and consequences, (pp. 221-239). New York, USA: Oxford University Press. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M. (2011). Symposium: Neuroethics and Mental Health - Old Wine in New Bottles or a Legitimate New Field of Bioethical Inquiry. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 8(1), 13-14. [More Information]

2010

  • Walter, G., Robertson, M., Malhi, G., Soh, N. (2010). Charles Lasegue (1816-1883): beyond anorexie hysterique. Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 22, 300-301.
  • Ryan, C., Walter, G., Robertson, M. (2010). College activities and the ethics of advertising. Australasian Psychiatry, 18(2), 101-105. [More Information]
  • Walter, G., Robertson, M., Rey, J., Soh, N., Malhi, G. (2010). Electroconvulsive therapy in young people and the pioneering spirit of Lauretta Bender. Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 22(5), 253-254. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M., Walter, G. (2010). Eric Kandel and Aplysia californica: their role in the elucidation of mechanisms of memory and the study of psychotherapy. Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 22(4), 195-196. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M., Walter, G. (2010). WHR Rivers and the politics of trauma. Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 22(2), 87-89. [More Information]

2009

  • Robertson, M., Kerridge, I. (2009). "Through a glass, darkly": the clinical and ethical implications of Munchausen syndrome. Medical Journal of Australia, 191(4), 217-219. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M., Walter, G. (2009). Commentary on Lopez-Munoz and Alamo. Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 2, 54-57. [More Information]
  • Cleary, M., Hunt, G., Walter, G., Robertson, M. (2009). Dealing with bullying in the workplace: toward zero tolerance. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 47(12), 34-41. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M., Kerridge, I., Walter, G. (2009). Ethnomethodological study of the values of Australian psychiatrists: towards an empirically derived RANZCP Code of Ethics. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 43(5), 409-419. [More Information]
  • Cleary, M., Hunt, G., Walter, G., Robertson, M. (2009). Locked inpatient units in modern mental health care: values and practice issues. Journal of Medical Ethics, 35(10), 644-646. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M., Walter, G. (2009). Trauma and post traumatic stress disorder. In Bloch, S; Green, S (Eds.), Psychiatric Ethics, (pp. 473-494). New York, USA: Oxford University Press. [More Information]

2008

  • Robertson, M. (2008). La psychotherapie interpersonnelle (PTI) pour le traitement du trouble de stress post-traumatique (TSPT) [Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder]. Sant� Mentale au Qu�bec, 33(2), 133-150. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M., Walter, G. (2008). Many faces of the dual-role dilemma in psychiatric ethics. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 42(3), 228-235. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M., Pols, H., Walter, G. (2008). Part 1: Conceptual Issues and the Case of Argentine Psychiatry. Journal of Ethics in Mental Health, 3(1), 1-5.
  • Robertson, M., Kerridge, I., Walter, G. (2008). Part 2: A Pilot Ethnomethodological Study. Journal of Ethics in Mental Health, 3(1), 1-5.
  • Robertson, M., Walter, G. (2008). Synopsis of Psychiatric Ethics: based on six papers published in Australasian Psychiatry. Journal of Ethics in Mental Health, 3(1), 1-4.
  • Robertson, M., Kerridge, I., Walter, G. (2008). The social construction of values and the psychiatric profession Part 2: A pilot ethnomethodological study. Journal of Ethics in Mental Health, 3(1), 1-5.
  • Robertson, M., Pols, H., Walter, G. (2008). The Social Construction of Values and the Psychiatric Profession. Part 1: Conceptual Issues and the Case of Argentine Psychiatry. Journal of Ethics in Mental Health, 3(1), 1-5.

2007

  • Robertson, M., Walter, G. (2007). A Critical Reflection on Utilitarianism as the Basis for Psychiatric Ethics Part I: Utilitarianism as an Ethical Theory. Journal of Ethics in Mental Health, 2(1), 1-4.
  • Robertson, M., Walter, G. (2007). A Critical Reflection on Utilitarianism as the Basis for Psychiatric Ethics Part II: Utilitarianism and Psychiatry. Journal of Ethics in Mental Health, 2, 7-10.
  • Robertson, M., Walter, G. (2007). Editorial. Psychiatric Annals, 37, 776-777.
  • Fisher, K., Walter, G., Robertson, M. (2007). Narrative Ethics in Psychiatry and the Literature of Youth. Psychiatric Annals, 37(12), 810-815.
  • Robertson, M., Rushton, P., Batrim, D., Moore, E., Morris, P. (2007). Open trial of interpersonal psychotherapy for chronic post traumatic stress disorder. Australasian Psychiatry, 15(5), 375-379. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M., Walter, G. (2007). Overview of psychiatric ethics I: Professional ethics and psychiatry. Australasian Psychiatry, 15(3), 201-206. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M., Walter, G. (2007). Overview of psychiatric ethics II: Virtue ethics and the ethics of care. Australasian Psychiatry, 15(3), 207-211. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M., Ryan, C., Walter, G. (2007). Overview of psychiatric ethics III: principles-based ethics. Australasian Psychiatry, 15(4), 281-286. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M., Ryan, C., Walter, G. (2007). Overview of psychiatric ethics IV: the method of casuistry. Australasian Psychiatry, 15(4), 287-291. [More Information]
  • Walter, G., Morris, K., Robertson, M. (2007). Overview of psychiatric ethics V: utilitarianism and the ethics of duty. Australasian Psychiatry, 15(5), 402-410. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M., Walter, G. (2007). Overview of psychiatric ethics VI: newer approaches to the field. Australasian Psychiatry, 15(5), 411-416. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M. (2007). Part 1: Psychiatrists and Social Justice - The Concept of Justice. Journal of Ethics in Mental Health, 2(2), 1-5.
  • Robertson, M. (2007). Part II: Psychiatrists and Social Justice - When the Social Contract Fails. Journal of Ethics in Mental Health, 2(2), 1-4.
  • Robertson, M., Walter, G. (2007). Psychiatric Annals Volume 37, Issue 12. Psychiatric Annals, 37(12).
  • Robertson, M., Walter, G. (2007). Psychiatric Ethics - A Complicated Challenge [Editorial]. Psychiatric Annals, 37(12), 776-777.
  • Robertson, M., Walter, G. (2007). The Ethics of Psychiatric Diagnosis. Psychiatric Annals, 37(12), 792-797. [More Information]

2006

  • Robertson, M. (2006). Books reconsidered: Emile Durkheim, Le Suicide. Australasian Psychiatry, 14(4), 365-368. [More Information]
  • Reay, R., Fisher, Y., Robertson, M., Adams, E., Owen, C., Kumar, R. (2006). Group interpersonal psychotherapy for postnatal depression: a pilot study. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 9(1), 31-39. [More Information]
  • Stuart, S., Robertson, M., O'Hara, M. (2006). The future of interpersonal psychotherapy. Psychiatric Annals, 36(8), 578-588.

2005

  • Ruzich, M., Looi, J., Robertson, M. (2005). Delayed onset of posttraumatic stress disorder among male combat veterans: a case series. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 13(5), 424-427. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M. (2005). Power and knowledge in psychiatry and the troubling case of Dr Osheroff. Australasian Psychiatry, 13(4), 343-50. [More Information]
  • Robertson, M. (2005). Psychotherapy research and the idol mind. Archives of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, 7(4), 5-16.
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