DVA Psychiatrist Reports- Defence Reports Australia-DVA Mental Health Claim-Canberra-Sydney area/ Telehealth consults
Dr Sunita D’Souza
Metro 1, Unit 1
45 Gungahlin Place, Gungahlin ACT 2912.
Phone: 02 61836490
Email for DVA delegates /reports only: Dr Sunita D’Souza- Email : psychiatristcanberra@gmail.com
Dr Sunita D’Souza is committed to supporting veterans through a range of mental health services.
Please ask your GP to email /fax the referral to Dr Sunita D’Souza, specifying it is for a DVA claim.
Fax:02- 83315729
Email for DVA referrals: psychiatristreports@outlook.com
DVA Psychiatrist Reports- Defence Reports Australia-DVA Mental Health Claim-Canberra/Sydney area
Initial diagnosis of mental health conditions by a Consultant Psychiatrist.
Completing permanent impairment (PI) reports for DVA.
Diagnostic Assessments
GP Management Plans
Have you had a psychological injury or become unwell as a result of your time spent in service with the ADF? If this has resulted in you being discharged on medical grounds, please contact Dr Sunita D’Souza, Psychiatrist an experienced provider of veterans health care.
Please ask your GP to fax a referral to Dr Sunita D’Souza, specifying it is for a DVA claim.
What Is A DVA Mental Health Claim?
A DVA Mental Health claim is a claim made by a former ADF member for compensation regarding the treatment and rehabilitation of injuries or diseases linked to their time in service. These claims are intended to provide financial cover for the medical, hospital and associated allied health services linked with treating eligible veterans, their spouses and dependents.
How to add mental health cover to your White card?
Telehealth Psychiatrist Australia –DVA Mental Health Claim-Sydney – Canberra
If your condition is related to service before 1 July 2004, support is available under the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988 (DRCA), Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (VEA) or Defence Act 1903
If your condition is related to service on or after 1 July 2004, support is available under the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 (MRCA).
There is no cost to submit a claim with the DVA. Likewise, the care received during your assessment for any DVA claim support is 100% bulk-billed.
The cards available to you and your family.
What Is Permanent Impairment?
A permanent impairment essentially refers to a disabling injury, disease or illness that prohibits you from engaging in regular activities.
Current and former ADF members who have an injury or disease as a result of their ADF service, and that injury or disease has left them with some permanent impairment, may be entitled to receive compensation for that impairment from DVA. This compensation is called permanent impairment (PI) payment.
DVA Psychiatrist Reports- Defence Reports Australia-DVA Mental Health Claim-Canberra/Sydney area
Initial diagnosis of mental health conditions by a Consultant Psychiatrist.
Completing permanent impairment (PI) reports for DVA.
Diagnostic Assessments
GP Management Plans
Transitioning to civilian life
Before you transition out of Defence, it is important to plan for the future.
Veteran healthcare cards
DVA transition presentation
Attend Stepping Out
Stepping Out is a free program that DVA offers to all members and their families. You and your family can attend Stepping Out before you discharge or within 12 months of when you left.
The program runs for 2 days, and it will:
- help you to plan for life after the Australian Defence Force (ADF)
- teach you techniques to stay motivated
- teach you the skills to adapt to civilian life
- offer relationship guidance and support
- help you find mental and physical support services
To learn more about Stepping Out, contact Open Arms – Veterans & Family Counselling
Accessing treatment and support
DVA provides a variety of supports to enhance your physical and mental wellbeing. You can access the services and support DVA offer while are you serving and after you transition.
Access fully funded mental health support
Any veteran who has completed one day of full-time service in the ADF can access fully funded treatment of mental health conditions under Non-Liability Health Care (NLHC).
Medical discharges:
A person who has been medically discharged is, virtually by definition, incapacitated for (defence) service. However, not all persons who have been medically discharged are incapacitated for (civilian) work.
The ADF requires, as a condition of continued employment, high standards of personal physical fitness and functional ability from its members. ADF members must be capable of deployment to operational service and to reliably perform physically and mentally demanding tasks under combat conditions, in locations where there may be no medical support for an ongoing condition. An injured member may therefore be medically discharged from the ADF for a failure to meet the high fitness and health standards for deployment, yet still be capable of earning an income in suitable civilian work. This is because civilian work does not require combat readiness or the ability to serve in a war zone.
Nevertheless and regardless of the residual capacity for civilian work, a medical discharge provides a medical opinion that the person is incapacitated for the full range of requirements of Defence service.
Therapies:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness
- Solution focussed therapy
- EMDR therapy
- Trauma focussed CBT.
Telehealth Psychiatrist Australia – Psychiatry Clinic -Sydney – Canberra
- Specialist Name
- Dr Sunita D’Souza
- Qualifications
- MBBS; FRANZCP
- Speciality
- Psychiatry
- Body systems
- Psychological & Psychiatric disorders
- Appointment address
- Metro 1, Unit 1
- 45 Gungahlin place, Gungahlin – Canberra ACT 2912
- Phone: 02 6183 6488
- Fax: 02 8331 5729
- Email: psychiatristreports@outlook.com
Psychiatry Clinic
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