Professional background
Dr John Adegboye is a Consultant Psychiatrist who specialises in General Adult Psychiatry and Addictive Disorders, or Substance Use Disorders. He also provides specialist treatment for Anxiety & Mood Disorders, ADHD, and Personality Disorders. He offers Workers' Compensation claims, medico-legal assessments, and tele-health psychiatry.
Dr Adegboye's approach to the treatment of his patients is holistic with a combination of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy. He is also very cognisant of the spiritual needs of his patients and considers this when offering treatment.
After graduating in Nigeria in 1988 Dr Adegboye completed his postgraduate study in Psychiatry at the West African College of Physicians in Psychiatry in 1997.
He then relocated to Australia and trained in the Western Australian public health sector as a registrar until 2004 before gaining his Australian Fellowship at the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP).
Dr Adegboye worked extensively in the public sector for ten years and in 2012 also commenced working with Abbotsford Private Hospital.
In 2016 he commenced his dedicated fulltime private practice at Abbotsford Psychiatry.
Dr Adegboye is an accredited Member of the Faculty of Addiction Psychiatry and is also a member of the special interest group, Intellectual Disability Psychiatry. He promotes good cultural awareness and recognises the importance of working with families and carers for the treatment of his patients.
Areas of Interest
- Addictive Disorders
- Adjustment Disorders
- Anxiety Disorders
- Bipolar Disorder
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Depression
- Mood Disorders
- Personality Disorders
Languages
- English
Telehealth
No
Client groups
- Adults
