Melbourne-based Forensic Psychiatrist

Dr Carroll studied Psychology and Medical Sciences at the University of Cambridge, before pursuing clinical medical training at the University of Oxford. He subsequently trained in psychiatry in the UK, including completion of a Research Fellowship at the University of Edinburgh. He emigrated to Australia and commenced work as a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist in 1998.

About Dr Andrew Carroll

Dr Carroll has extensive experience as a forensic psychiatrist in both the civil and criminal forensic psychiatry domains. He has worked in the field since 1998 and held a variety of positions at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health (Forensicare), including Assistant Clinical Director and Director of Training. His clinical experience at Forensicare included:

• Community management of forensic patients subject to various court orders;
• Management of a long-stay forensic rehabilitation unit at Thomas Embling Hospital;
• Work in various prison-based mental health services;
• Production of numerous court reports at the request of the Courts and the Office of Public Prosecutions.

In 2024 he left Forensicare to take up the role of Deputy Chief Psychiatrist (Forensic Mental Health) at the Victorian Department of Health.

He is an experienced Independent Medical Examiner, having been an accredited IME assessor with WorkSafe Victoria and the TAC. He is also a former Member of Medical Panels (Victoria). Dr Carroll regularly conducts assessment reports at the request of both plaintiff and defendant solicitors. He is a qualified impairment assessor using the GEPIC (AMA 4) methodology.

He is an Accredited Member of the RANZCP Faculty of Forensic Psychiatry and is currently a member of both its binational Committee and its Victorian Subcommittee. He is also an Accredited Member of the RANZCP Faculty of Adult Psychiatry.

He has been awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (UK) in recognition of services to the profession of psychiatry.

He is a Director of ‘Our Curious Minds’ a training and consultancy firm that works with mental health and psychosocial services to upskill workers and enhance systems of care.

Dr Carroll is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Swinburne University of Technology. He publishes regularly in peer reviewed journals on topics relevant to medicolegal and forensic psychiatry and is a regular reviewer for several academic journals. He is an International Consulting Editor and Member of the Editorial Board of ‘Medicine, Science and the Law’. He has also authored and co-authored a number of book chapters on topics relevant to forensic psychiatry.

Dr Carroll’s full curriculum vitae is available on request.