Dr Piyumali (Mali) De Silva

Dr Mali De Silva has worked in the field of psychiatry for over 15 years. She graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Melbourne in 2001 and worked in a range of medical and surgical settings before training in Psychiatry. Dr De Silva completed a Masters of Psychiatry from the University of Melbourne in 2007 and achieved her Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists in 2011. She has worked across Australia in both the public and private sector, in various community and inpatient settings, ranging from major tertiary hospital settings to rural settings.

Dr De Silva is committed to holistic, individualised and patient-centred care. Her strengths include an enormous capacity for empathy and understanding, clear communication, and an excellent knowledge of psychopharmacology.

• Adult (general) Psychiatry • Aged Psychiatry • Youth Psychiatry • Psychotic disorders including schizophrenia • Mood disorders including depression and bipolar affective disorder • Anxiety disorders including panic disorder, PTSD • Personality disorders • Organic mental health disorders • Transcultural psychiatry