Dr Arash Danesh is an experienced Consultant Psychiatrist with 17 years of psychiatric experience as a registrar and consultant, predominantly as a consultant, across public and private mental health services in Australia and overseas. His main clinical interest is the assessment and management of adult ADHD, with a focus on comprehensive diagnostic evaluation, psychoeducation, and safe, evidence-based treatment planning.
Dr Arash Danesh completed advanced training and fellowship experience in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry overseas. This has shaped his approach to rapport-building, clear communication, shared decision-making, and careful consideration of the interactions among physical health, mental health, medication effects, and psychosocial factors. These skills are particularly relevant to telehealth-based ADHD assessment.
Being an ADHD psychiatrist in Australia, Dr Arash Danesh has gained over two and a half years of public mental health experience, including regular telehealth work providing psychiatric care to regional and rural communities.
Dr Arash Danesh aims to make the ADHD assessment in Adelaide, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane, and across Australia, as well as the management process, informative, transparent, and collaborative. This supports informed decision-making, understanding of benefits and risks, early recognition of warning signs, and active participation in care.
Dr Danesh has worked across a wide range of psychiatric settings, including emergency psychiatry, acute inpatient mental health, community psychiatry, older persons mental health, alcohol and other drug services, forensic psychiatry, correctional psychiatry, trauma-related mental health presentations, and consultation-liaison psychiatry.
This broad clinical background assists him in carefully assessing ADHD symptoms and considering important differential diagnoses, including
- Bipolar spectrum disorder
- Borderline personality disorder
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- First episode psychosis
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Substance use
- Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
- Sleep disorders
- Medical conditions and medication effects
Dr Arash Danesh is committed to providing calm, respectful, and evidence-based ADHD care, working collaboratively with patients, GPs, and other health professionals in Australia to develop practical management plans according to each person’s needs.