Rate My Professor Leenika Wijeratne

Dr Leenika Wijeratne is a consultant psychiatrist specializing in child and adolescent mental health at the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), part of the Child and Adolescent Health Service, WA Health, at Perth Children’s Hospital. Her clinical work includes conducting multi-disciplinary assessments for young patients presenting with self-harm, suicidal ideation, and emotional dysregulation. She diagnoses conditions such as situational crisis, mixed disorder of conduct and emotion, and emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD). Dr Wijeratne prescribes and manages medications like sertraline for depression and suicidal ideation, and quetiapine for sleep difficulties and mood stabilization. She emphasizes short hospital admissions for risk containment to avoid dependency and promote community reintegration through psychotherapy, noting risks of peer contagion in ward settings.