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Carolyn Quadrio

Carolyn Quadrio is an Australian psychiatrist and recipient of the 2024 Medal of the Order of Australia award for her "significant service to psychiatry".[1] An Adjunct Professor at the University of New South Wales, Quadrio is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP).[2]

Carolyn Quadrio
AM
1966 graduation
Born (1943-01-05) 5 January 1943 (age 81)
Perth, Western Australia
OccupationPsychiatrist

Quadrio has made significant contributions to both fields of Psychiatry and Family Therapy.[3] In 1989, she co-founded and coordinated the Masters of Psychotherapy postgraduate program at University of New South Wales collaborating with The Prince of Wales Hospital.[4][5]

Education

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Born in Perth, Western Australia, Quadrio studied at the University of Western Australia, receiving a Bachelor's degree in Medicine and Surgery (1966). Awarded a Diploma in Psychological Medicine (with Distinction) from The University of Otago, New Zealand (1971). She was the first extramural student accepted into the program.[6] She became a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists in 1973 and a member of the Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (RANZCP) in 1987. In 1998 Quadrio completed her Doctoral dissertation at the University of Sydney.[7]

Career and research

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Quadrio's research spans from women's mental health to feminism and gender analysis of psychiatry in Australia. She is also known for working against the abuse of children[8] especially in religious institutions, the long-term sequelae of childhood sexual abuse, and psychiatric issues in domestic violence.[9]

Apart from academic researches, Quadrio is a therapist, educator, advocate on injustice and ethical issues as well as boundary violations.[10]

Awards

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Quadrio was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2024 for her "significant service to psychiatry".[1] In 2021, she received the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists NSW Meritorious Service Award.[11]

Early career in psychiatry

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Quadrio sought to change the dominant, masculine-centred paradigm in psychiatry.[12][13] A perspective that pervaded the 1960s theories and methods of family therapy,[14] in particular the Freudian model which saw children separated from parents during therapy sessions. Quadrio invited parents to sessions in order to understand their broader social context[15] insisting females in therapy needed different considerations to males. Previously (and concurrently), clinicians "characterised male attributes as the norm and female attributes – like emotionalism – deviant behaviour, neurosis, so called", when assessing patients.[14] Quadrio stated that discovering family therapy was critical to her professional development.[15]

The marginalisation of women in psychiatry led to Quadrio's future research on female representation in her field.[16] Following the 1988 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Annual Congress she publicly raised the issue by criticising the lack of female plenary speakers.[14] At the 1990 Congress, Quadrio was invited to present Development, Gender and Psychotherapy;[17] very few women in that 26-year history received that opportunity.[14] Quadrio was the sole Australian presenter at the 20th Annual Congress of the European Association of Behavioural Therapists held in Paris, 1990.[18] She was amongst the first scientific exchanges arranged by the Australia - France Endowment fund. During a civil rights protest outside the conference where placards referencing the violations of the rights of man, Quadrio, held up her own slogan in French "women also have rights".[18]

Posts Held

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  • Director of Mental Health Services, Correctional Health Services, New South Wales (1998- 2001)[19][20]
  • Visiting Psychotherapy Supervisor, Prince of Wales Hospital, Department of Psychiatry (1990-1998)
  • Deputy Medical Superintendent, Department of Psychiatry, Prince of Wales Hospital (1987-1989)[21]
  • Private Practice, Sydney, Australia (full-time1984-1986 and Part-time 1989-2024)

Appointments

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Teaching and Influence on education

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University of New South Wales.

Quadrio has taught across Sydney as a Senior Lecturer and Visiting Fellow on both psychotherapy and family therapy. She contributes locally and internationally in building family therapy knowledge base and practice.[27]

In 2024 Quadrio continues teaching as an Adjunct Associate Professor for the School of Psychiatry in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of New South Wales.

Publications

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Quadrio has fifty eight publications, cited 479 times[31] with over 14, 500 reads.[32]

Books

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  • Women working and training in Australian psychiatry (2001).[33] Glebe, NSW: Bookhouse.

Chapters in books

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  • Incest that continues into adult life (2019). In: Benjamin, R., Haliburn, J., & King, S. Humanising mental health care in Australia : a guide to trauma-informed approaches. Routledge.ISBN 9780429021923
  • Psychiatry and the Depressed Woman (2010) in Hussin, I., (ed.), Women and Depression. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne UK.[34]
  • Criminalisation of Post-Therapeutic Relationships in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (1998). In: Smith, RG., Health Care, Crime and Regulatory Control. Sydney: Hawkins Press.
  • Three Generations of Greek Brides in Western Australia (1994). In: Weddings and Wives. Spender, D., (ed), Penguin, Sydney.
  • Family Therapy: Clinical Aspects (1991). In: Mental Health and Illness. Kosky,R., Eshkaviri, H., and Carr,V.,(eds), Butterworths, Australia.
  • The Mid-Life Transition for the Homemaker (1990). In: Women and Health. Saltman,D., (ed), Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Sydney.

Peer Reviewed Journals

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  • Peisah, C., Brodaty, H., & Quadrio, C. (2006). Family Conflict in Dementia. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 21, 485–492.
  • Quadrio, C. (2004). A personal view of our history to 1988: Family therapy in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 25, 64–67.
  • Quadrio, C. (2004). Boundary violations in psychotherapy. Psychotherapy in Australia, 10( 3), 28–37.
  • Quadrio, C. (1998). On psychiatry: Some reflections circa 1998. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 32, 751–752.
  • Quadrio, C. (1997). Women and men and the medical workforce in Australia. Editorial, Medical Journal of Australia, 166, 7.
  • Quadrio, C. (1996). Sexual exploitation in therapy: Gender issues. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 30, 124–133.
  • Quadrio, C. (1996). Contemporary cinematic representations of the female psychiatrist. Australian Feminist Studies, 23, 115–128.
  • Quadrio, C. (1994). Woman‐centred perspectives on female psychosexuality. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 28, 478–487.
  • Quadrio, C. (1994). Do we need a psychology of gender difference? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 15( 4), 177–183.
  • Quadrio, C. (1994). Sexual abuse involving therapists, clergy and judiciary: Closed ranks, collusions and conspiracies of silence. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 1( 2), 189–198.
  • Quadrio, C. (1992). Sex and gender and the impaired therapist. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 26, 346–363.
  • Quadrio, C. (1991). Women in Australian psychiatry: The fat lady sings. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 25, 95–110.
  • Quadrio, C. (1988). Remedicalisation as regression in psychiatry. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 22, 242–245.
  • Quadrio C. and Levy, F. (1988). Separation anxiety in over‐attached families. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 9( 3), 123–130.
  • Quadrio, C. (1987). Family therapy: What are the basic assumptions? Editorial comment. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 21, 420–422.
  • Quadrio, C. (1986). The middle years, education update. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 7( 1), 33–37.
  • Quadrio, C. (1986). Analysis and system: A marriage. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 20, 2l9–224.
  • Quadrio, C. (1986). Individuation as a life process – the interface of intrapsychic and systems theories. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 7( 4), l89–l93.
  • Quadrio, C. (1984). Families of agoraphobic women. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, l8, l64–l70.
  • Quadrio, C. (1982). Rapunzel and the pumpkin eater – A study of marital systems in agoraphobic women. Australian Journal of Family Therapy, 4 ( 2), 81–85.
  • Quadrio, C. (1982). The Peter Pan and Wendy syndrome – A marital dynamic. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, l6, 23–28.
  • Quadrio, C.(1981). Psychiatry and family law in Western Australia, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, l5, l9–22.
  • Quadrio, C.(1981). Schizophrenia and family therapy. Australian Journal of Family Therapy, 2( 3), l23–l29.

References

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  1. ^ a b Governor General of the commonwealth of Australia (10 June 2024). "The Governor General of Australia -King's birthday 2024 honours list".
  2. ^ a b Brownie, Sharon (1 January 2008). "From the CEO". Australian Psychiatry. 16 (5): 376–377. doi:10.1080/10398560802366320. ISSN 1039-8562.
  3. ^ a b "Between Family Therapy and Psychiatry: Introducing Carolyn Quadrio". Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy. 34 (4): 370. December 2013. doi:10.1002/anzf.1032_1. ISSN 0814-723X.
  4. ^ "UNIKEN: launch for Degree in Psychotherapy". TROVE (volume 2 ed.). 10 March 1989. p. 9. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Trove". trove.nla.gov.au (No.2 ed.). p. 9. ISSN 0312-7877. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  6. ^ Lunch Hour talk by Dr Carolyn Quadrio on Child Sexual Abuse 18.9 .1997 at 147 A King St. Sydney 2000 Transcribed from audio tape cassette by Elizabeth Lonergan Aug. 2000. URL: https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/sites/default/files/IND.0413.001.0001.pdf
  7. ^ Quadrio, Carolyn (1991). "Women in Australian and New Zealand Psychiatry: The Fat Lady Sings". Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 25 (1): 95–110. doi:10.3109/00048679109077723. ISSN 0004-8674. PMID 2049026. S2CID 12007813.
  8. ^ "Psychiatrists call for child sex abuse summit". ABC News. 14 May 2003. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  9. ^ Cornwell, Max (December 2013). "Commentary: 'I Have It on Good Authority …'". Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy. 34 (4): 375–379. doi:10.1002/anzf.1032_4. ISSN 0814-723X.
  10. ^ Kozlowska, Kasia (2013). "Introducing Carolyn Quadrio". Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy. 34 (4): 370–373. doi:10.1002/anzf.1032_2. ISSN 1467-8438.
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  13. ^ Quadrio, C. (March 1991). "Women in Australian and New Zealand psychiatry: the fat lady sings". The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 25 (1): 95–110. doi:10.3109/00048679109077723. ISSN 0004-8674. PMID 2049026. S2CID 12007813.
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  19. ^ "Letter from Prof Philip Morris to Mental Health Select Committee as part of the Inquiry into Mental Health Services In NSW" (PDF). 26 April 2022. p. 29.
  20. ^ Wainer, Jo; Ann Maree, Ann Maree. "INCREASING RIGOUR IN MEDICAL EDUCATION: A SYMPOSIUM ON TEACHING ABOUT GENDER IN MEDICINE" (PDF). Monash University School of Rural Health.
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  26. ^ Smith, Russell G. (1998). Health Care, Crime and Regulatory Control. Hawkins Press. ISBN 978-1-876067-09-0.
  27. ^ Moloney, Banu (1 June 2013). "Reflections on Family Therapy in Australia". Contemporary Family Therapy. 35 (2): 400–419. doi:10.1007/s10591-013-9272-4. ISSN 1573-3335.
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  29. ^ Burke, David; Moore, Michael; Newman, Louise; Orr, Fran (October 1999). "Psychotherapy Supervision for Pre-Section I Trainees: Access, Equity and Quality". Australasian Psychiatry. 7 (5): 248–250. doi:10.1046/j.1440-1665.1999.00206.x. ISSN 1039-8562.
  30. ^ Achimovich, Lois (March 2008). "'Therapy Doesn't Exist in a Vacuum': An Interview With Max Cornwell". Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy. 29 (1): 44. doi:10.1375/anft.29.1.40. ISSN 0814-723X.
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  34. ^ "School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales".
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