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Dr. Sally Lambert
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Dr Sally Lambert is a psychiatrist with a special interest in addiction medicine.

She is registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and Medical Board of Australia and the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. She is also accredited in the following areas

• PIRS - Psychiatric Impairment Rating Scale

• NSW Motor Accident SIRA - Authorised Health Practitioner

• NSW WorkCover SIRA Permanent Impairment Assessor

Dr Lambert is currently working as a consultant psychiatrist in private practice for a national general practice psychiatry support service. This position has provided her with a broad spectrum of experience in managing a wide scope of psychiatric issues, amongst a diverse range of patients with mental health disorders in a variety of settings.

Dr Lambert is a Consultant Psychiatrist at both Toronto Private Hospital and Maitland Private Hospital. She has interests in mood, anxiety, trauma and addictive disorders. She specialises in the comprehensive assessment and treatment of individuals who are experiencing problems with their mental health due to the use of alcohol or any other substance. Dr Lambert provides treatment on both an inpatient (hospital) and outpatient basis.

Dr Lambert is a Conjoint Lecturer at the University of Newcastle. Dr Lambert has recently designed and delivered a lecture for the course: Mental Disorders, Personality Disorders and Crime at the University of New South Wales and will be designing and delivering further teaching in this course and across several courses in the Mental Health Practice Program. She has also recently designed and delivered several stage two lectures for the Hunter New England Training Program of Psychiatry Registrars, endorsed by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. These lectures centred around how Addictive Disorders present across the lifespan, and how Addictive Disorders present in specific populations.

In addition to her private psychiatric practice, Dr Lambert was for a number of years a staff specialist Addiction Psychiatrist in the Hunter New England Local Health District.

  • PIRS - Psychiatric Impairment Rating Scale
  • NSW Motor Accident SIRA - Authorised Health Practitioner
  • NSW Work Cover SIRA Permanent Impairment Assessor
  • Workers' Compensation
  • Personal Injury
  • Public Liability
  • CTP
  • Income Protection
  • TPD
  • Fitness for Duty
  • Return to Work
  • Superannuation Claims

General Adult Psychiatry

Drug and Alcohol and Addictive Disorders

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Depression and Anxiety Disorder

Schizophrenia and Psychotic Disorders

Bipolar Affective Disorder

Perinatal Mental Health

Personality Disorders

Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Eating Disorders

Women's Mental Health

Autism Spectrum Disorder

  • Fellow, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
  • Registered with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency & Medical Board of Australia
  • Adjunct Lecturer with the Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine at the University of New South Wales
  • Trainee Representative (2015-2016) Royal Australian College of Psychiatrists. Subcommittee of Advanced Training in Addiction Psychiatry
  • Registrar Representative (2016) HNE Mental Health Quality Use of Medicines Committee
  • Advanced Trainee Representative: Addiction Psychiatry (2015-16) NSW Association Psychiatry Trainees
  • Co-opted NSW member (2015-16) Royal Australian College of Psychiatrists Trainee Representative Committee
  • Representative for Hunter New England Area, and Addiction Psychiatry Section (2015-16) NSW Association of Psychiatry Trainees
  • President (2012), Secretary (2011) and Social Secretary (2013-2015) Hunter New England Local Health District Registrar Committee
  • Member (2011) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health Committee Royal Australian College of Psychiatrists
  • PIRS - Psychiatric Impairment Rating Scale
  • NSW Motor Accident SIRA - Authorised Health Practitioner
  • NSW WorkCover SIRA Permanent Impairment Assessor
  • Consultant Psychiatrist GP Psychiatry Support Line October 2018 – present
  • Providing clinical advice to General Practitioners across Australia
  • Consultant Psychiatrist Toronto Private Hospital 2021-present
  • Consultant Psychiatrist Maitland Private Hospital 2024-present
  • Staff Specialist Psychiatrist Hunter New England Local Health District February 2017 – September 2021
  • Consultant Psychiatrist The University of New South Wales ReINVEST Clinical trial September 2020 – July 2022
  • Conjoint Lecturer The University of Newcastle 2020 – present
  • Consultant Psychiatrist and Visiting Medical Officer Warners Bay Private Hospital February 2017 – 2021