Melanie Johnston

Dr Melanie Johnston is a consultant psychiatrist with a special interest in treating people with intellectual disability and autistic people. Melanie practices at the Queensland Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability and Autism Health (QCEIDAH), as a clinician, researcher, and medical educator. Melanie coordinates QCEIDAH's Down Syndrome clinic, the first dedicated clinic for adults and adolescents with Down Syndrome in Australia.

Melanie's research has focussed on healthcare accessibility, and the identification and treatment of catatonia and regression in individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilitie. She has presented at national and international conferences on this topic.

Melanie supervises psychiatry registrars and medical students conducting research in the field of intellectual and developmental disability. She is a lecturer for the RANZCP Queensland formal education course, and the Royal Australian College of Physicians (paediatrics) Young Adult advanced training education course.

Melanie sits on several executive committees including the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists' (RANZCP) binational Section for the Pychiatry of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, the Australian Association of Developmental Disability Medicine, and the Down Syndrome Medical Interest Group, Australia.