Patrick Clarke is an Australian psychiatrist and anti-transgender activist.
Background
I am an adult psychiatrist based in Adelaide, South Australia. I work primarily in Private Practice, and my longstanding special interest is in severe, treatment resistant mood disorders. I have developed an interest in Gender Dysphoria (GD) over the last five years. My GD patients primarily see me for management of their comorbid psychiatric problems, however I have recently updated my psychotherapy skills after attending the Psychotherapy Conference in Tampere. Although practising as an adult psychiatrist, I see patients from age 16. I work primarily in person, however also see patients by Zoom. I am licensed to practice in Australia, and would be willing to accept patients from all states and territories in Australia.
Patrick Clarke. Clarke is an Australian psychiatrist who coauthored Clayton et al. (2021) and submitted an October 2022 letter to the Icelandic parliament arguing against a ban on conversion therapy, claiming to be “greatly concerned that this Bill will result in ethical, neutral psychotherapies being conflated with Conversion Therapy”.
References
Jones, Zinnia (January 30, 2023). Florida’s newest Boards of Medicine appointees wrote an anti-trans letter calling for gender “exploratory” therapy, citing a report of a trans teenager being involuntarily hospitalized for nearly two years. Medium https://zinniajones.medium.com/floridas-newest-boards-of-medicine-appointees-wrote-an-anti-trans-letter-calling-for-gender-29855c468747
Leveille, Lee; McLamore, Quinnehtukqut (February 7, 2023). SEGM Exposed Reloaded: The Shadow Money Behind a Leading Anti-Trans Think Tank. Health Liberation Now! https://healthliberationnow.com/2023/02/07/segm-exposed-reloaded-the-shadow-money-behind-a-leading-anti-trans-think-tank/
Writing by Clarke
D’Angelo, R., Syrulnik, E., Ayad, S., Marchiano, L., Kenny, D. T., & Clarke, P. (2020). One Size Does Not Fit All: In Support of Psychotherapy for Gender Dysphoria. Archives of Sexual Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-020-01844-2
Clarke, Patrick (October 2022). Letter to Icelandic lawmakers https://www.althingi.is/pdf/erindi_mals/?lthing=153&malnr=45
Commentary: The Signal and the Noise—questioning the benefits of puberty blockers for youth with gender dysphoria—a commentary on Rew et al. (2021) Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 27, camh.12533. https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/camh.12533