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Behavioural Neurotherapy Clinic

2/314 Manningham Rd
Doncaster Victoria 3108

Tel:  (03) 9848 9100
Fax: (03) 9848 9300

We regret that due to the extremely high “Legitimate and SPAM” E-mail traffic on the WEB, we are unable to answer queries by E-mail. General enquiries can be handled by our reception staff by telephone or in person. To talk to one of our clinical staff, please call the clinic for an in-clinic or telephone consultation during normal business hours. All telephone consultations are charged by the minute to your credit card.

Jacques Duff. Director and Principal Psychologist

Qualifications: BA - Psych.; Grad. Dip. App. Sc.(Psych.); MAPS; MAAAPB; MECNS; MISNR
Post.Grad. Course in Nutritional and Environmental Medicine (ACNEM)
President Applied Neuroscience Society of Australasia

Current Studies: PhD.in Clinical Neuroscience at Brain Sciences Institute.
Grad Dip. Nutritional and Environmental Medicine;
Specialised skills and Interests:
Quantitative EEG; Neurotherapy; Metabolic, Nutritional and Dietary influences on disorders.
Publications: The Usefulness of QEEG and Neurotherapy in the Assessment and Treatment of Post-concussion Syndrome. Clinical EEG, Oct 2004.

Jacques Duff is the founder and Clinical Director of the Clinic. Since 1997 he has been involved in Clinical Neuroscience research at the Brain Sciences Institute, investigating the causes of ADHD and its treatment using Neurotherapy. In addition to being a psychologist, he has Postgraduate training in Clinical Neuroscience and Nutritional and Environmental Medicine.

His daily clinical work with ADHD has been featured on several TV programs such as Good Medicine, Catalyst and Today-Tonight and in national newspapers and TV News. He has presented extensively on the treatment of ADHD and childhood disorders at local and International seminars, including a keynote address for the Department of education & Training “Student Wellbeing Conference” and the 2nd International Mind of a child conference.

Dr. Joe Nastasi- Resident Medical Practitioner

Qualifications: MBBS, BSc, Dip. Acu, Dip. Appl Sc, GSIM, ACNEM.

Interests: Dr Nastasi is a medical practitioner with a long-standing interest in medical sciences.  He has postgraduate experience in Paediatrics, Geriatrics, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Psychiatry and Family Practice. He also has a Postgraduate Diploma in Nutritional and Environmental Medicine and Acupuncture.

His interest is in investigating the anomalies in metabolism that may be responsible for some childhood disorders and many other modern diseases such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Chronic fatigue, Cardiovascular disease amongst others. Dr Nastasi was also a senior Lecturer at the Swinburne University School of Integrative Medicine. Jacques Duff and Dr. Nastasi work closely in the management of the clinic's patients. In a truly multidisciplinary collaborative approach their combined expertise encompass best practices from Medicine, Psychology, Neurophysiology, Applied Psychophysiology, Nutrition and Clinical Neuroscience.

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Dr. Dennis Shum - Consultant Psychiatrist  

Qualifications: MBBS; FRANCP Consultant Psychiatrist

Dr Shum is a Psychiatrist in private practice who has extensive experience in conventional Psychiatry, Quantitative EEG, Neurotherapy and Nutrition. He also has a keen interest in the relationship between metabolic and biological factors and psychiatric disorders. In particular he is interested in the adjunct use of QEEG in the differential diagnosis of Post-concussion Syndrome from psychiatric disorders and in the differential diagnosis of Early Degenerative Dementia from Depression. Dr Shum is available as a specialist consultant for medico legal cases involving head injury cases where evidence of Post-concussion Syndrome, supported by QEEG evidence, is sought.

Dr Henry Butt Consultant Microbiologist

Qualifications: MSc, PhD (Microbiology)

Dr. Butt is a senior scientist and Research Director of Bioscreen Medical, a specialist Microbiology Laboratory, based at Melbourne University Bio 21. Dr Butt, Dr Nastasi, and Jacques Duff  have collaborated to investigate how Intestinal Dysbiosis (overgrowth of some bacteria usually found in the gut) may cause leaky gut and lead to nutrient malabsorbtion, cellular malnutrition, Irritable Bowel Syndrome and associated Psychiatric Disorders. Dr Butt is a specialist consultant to the clinic in all matters relating to intestinal microorganisms, urinary metabolytes and Urinary Amino Acids.