Dr Riccardo Caniato - Psychiatrist

MBBS, FRANZCP, PIRS

(APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE IN TOWNSVILLE)

Dr Caniato is a fully qualified psychiatrist and a member of the Royal Australian College of Psychiatry (Member of the Section of Forensic Psychiatry and Section of Neuropsychiatry).  He holds general and specialist registration with the Medical Board of Queensland.

He has previously worked as the Director of the Forensic and Secure Services for the Northern Zone.  He has conducted research and published papers in the area of depression, public health, schizophrenia and forensic psychiatry.  Currently he works in private practice in Townsville.  He has experience in all aspects of forensic psychiatry, including fitness for trial, mental health defence, assessment of malingering, testamentary capacity, personal injury assessment, risk assessment and risk management.  He has formal training in risk assessment (HCR-20) and in the evaluation of permanent impairment utilising psychiatric impairment rating scales (PIRS).