St John of God Burwood Hospital

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St John of God Burwood Hospital
St John of God Health Care
Geography
Location	Sydney, Australia
Coordinates	33°52′12″S 151°06′00″E / 33.869937°S 151.100022°E / -33.869937; 151.100022Coordinates: 33°52′12″S 151°06′00″E / 33.869937°S 151.100022°E / -33.869937; 151.100022
Organisation
Funding	Private
Type	Specialist
Religious affiliation	Catholic Church
Services
Speciality	psychiatric hospital
Links
Lists	Hospitals in Australia

St John of God Hospital Burwood is a private psychiatric hospital which provides mental health care on an inpatient, day patient and outpatient basis.^[1]

The hospital is located in Sydney's inner-west. In addition to the main building, the hospital operates specialised medical consulting rooms at the adjacent Medical Centre, as well as a Counselling and Therapy Centre located in the hospital grounds.^[2]

St John of God Burwood Hospital is a division of St John of God Health Care, a Catholic not-for-profit health care group, serving communities with hospitals, home nursing, and social outreach services throughout Australia, New Zealand and the wider Asia-Pacific region.^[3]

Facilities[]

St John of God Burwood Hospital has one ECT suite and one TMS interventional laboratory. It also has the only specialist inpatient mother and baby unit in New South Wales.^[4]

Research[]

In 2009, the Perinatal and Women's Mental Health Unit was established through a partnership with St John of God Health Care and the University of New South Wales.^[5]

Based at the Burwood hospital and led by Professor Marie-Paule Austin, the unit is the first of its kind in Australia to combine both pre-natal and women's mental health.^[6]

Professor Austin and her team will conduct research into anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder and other emotional health issues experienced by mothers during pregnancy and after birth.^[7]

See also[]

• List of hospitals in New Zealand

References[]