Dr. Kieran Kennedy

So it's...

Yeah, it was a bit of a clear-cut path for me, really.

I did, yeah.

I mean, not talking boob jobs and things like that, but yeah, I love... I mean, I did a stint in plastic surgery at Middlemore Hospital when I did my internship, and it's just fascinating stuff.

You know, that reconstructive plastic surgery, if people are in burns or they're in car accidents and they need sort of...

reconstructive work to their face there's sort of breast cancer removal and breast augmentation and things it's just amazing surgery so got a little bit swayed there for a while but I think Oh that sort of plastic surgery I was thinking more like Hollywood or Housewives of Melbourne No

I mean, who knows where I'd be now and what I'd be doing if I went down that path.

But yeah, no, the public plastic surgery is a lot different to that sort of cosmetic plastics.

But yeah, I think eventually always knew I was going to move into psychiatry and just have always had a real passion for mental health, really.

So it's, yeah, I sort of stepped away from any inklings of surgery and then started my psychiatry training in Auckland initially.

Yeah, interesting in terms of sort of I did my general psychiatric training and initially that was in Auckland and then I moved over to Melbourne initially when I went to Australia to finish my training there at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne.

And I sort of did my training in what they call consult liaison psychiatry, which is working in the hospital and it's when I guess physical health conditions that are impacting the brain

end up affecting our mental health our mood or causing psychotic symptoms so a real interest in brain development and that kind of intersection and i guess that fell into them becoming really interested in neurodevelopmental conditions autism adhd and kind of as as luck would have it i guess it was around that same time that i finished my training that

Australia, but also just the world was exploding in terms of awareness for ADHD and information slash, as you say, BS on social media about ADHD.

And so there was just a real need for psychiatrists to be working in that area and sort of came across an opportunity for that.

for further training in ADHD specifically, and then work within a clinic.

So yeah, it's been quite a few years now that I've just specialized in seeing mainly adults for ADHD diagnoses and treatment and support.

And that's just a fascinating area, but sort of also lends itself to sort of speaking and TV work and media work, because there is a lot of misinformation around that as well.

I don't know, which I think is why I find it so fascinating, to be honest.

I get asked that question quite a lot.