Clinical Associate Professor Michael Robertson

Clinical Associate Professor
Centre for Values, Ethics & Law in Medicine (VELIM), School of Public Health

K25 - Medical Foundation Building
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

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Curriculum vitae

Research interests

Dr Robertson completed his PhD in the area of psychiatric ethics and traumatic stress. He is currently 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 also has an interest in the depiction of psychiatry in cinema.

Teaching areas

Dr Robertson is the coordinator of BETH 5205 - Ethics in Mental Health unit of study in the Sydney Bioethics Program. He lectures and tutors student in the Sydney Medical Program and contributes to the Medical Humanities teaching program.