David Plevin

David Plevin

Adelaide Medical School

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

David Plevin is a clinical academic and PhD candidate, as well as a general and addiction psychiatrist working in private practice, in both inpatient and outpatient settings. He is also a clinical academic and PhD candidate at the University of Adelaide. His clinical and academic areas of interest include addiction, mood and psychotic disorders, deprescribing, and transcranial magnetic stimulation.

  • Appointments
    Date Position Institution name
    2023 - ongoing Lecturer University of Adelaide

  • Education
    Date Institution name Country Title
    2013 - 2016 Flinders University Australia Doctor of Medicine
    2007 - 2009 University of South Australia Australia Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours)
    2002 - 2005 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Science (Honours)

  • Certifications
    Date Title Institution name Country
    2023 Certificate of Advanced Training in Addiction Psychiatry Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Australia
    2023 Fellow Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists -

  • Research Interests
    Addiction Psychiatry

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2025 Khalid, A., Khalid, A., Waite, S., & Plevin, D. (2025). Exploring the use of electroconvulsive therapy in the anticoagulated population: A systematic review. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 59(1), 8-17.
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    2025 Plevin, D., & Munro, V. (2025). The clinical use of dream content in modern psychiatry. Australasian Psychiatry, 4 pages.
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    2025 Plevin, D., Thomson, S., Li, L. X., Chen, L., & Clark, S. (2025). Clinical and electrophysiological predictors of treatment response to theta burst stimulation in major depressive disorder: A systematic review. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, 2, 100084.
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    2025 Plevin, D., Thomas, E. H. X., Hahn, L., Clark, S., & Chen, L. (2025). Clinical predictors of standard and accelerated theta burst rTMS treatment response in depression: an analysis from a multicentre RCT.. World J Biol Psychiatry, 26(3), 1-5.
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    2023 Riley, B. J., Li, L., Plevin, D., & Baigent, M. (2023). Betting on Australian Rules Football: Can Expert Tipsters beat Randomness?. Journal of Gambling Studies, 39(4), 1537-1546.
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    2023 Plevin, D., & Herriot, P. (2023). Perceived injustice: a historical and clinical review of a useful concept for psychiatry.. Australas Psychiatry, 32(1), 10398562231211133.
    DOI Scopus1 Europe PMC1
    2020 Plevin, D., & Waite, S. (2020). Use of ultrabrief pulse width electroconvulsive therapy to induce therapeutic seizures in an elderly patient with a high seizure threshold: a case report.. Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, 28(3), 1039856219889306.
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    2020 Plevin, D., & Galletly, C. (2020). The neuropsychiatric effects of vitamin C deficiency: a systematic review.. BMC Psychiatry, 20(1), 1-9.
    DOI Scopus71 WoS35 Europe PMC41
    2019 Plevin, D., & Smith, N. (2019). Assessment and management of depression and anxiety in children and adolescents with epilepsy. Behavioural Neurology, 2019, 2571368.
    DOI Scopus18 WoS9 Europe PMC10
    2019 Plevin, D., & Mohan, T. (2019). An institutional review of dental orthopantomograms in patients receiving electroconvulsive therapy. Australasian Psychiatry, 27(4), 412-413.
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    2018 Plevin, D., Jureidini, J., Howell, S., & Smith, N. (2018). Paediatric antiepileptic polytherapy: systematic review of efficacy and neurobehavioural effects and a tertiary centre experience. Acta Paediatrica, 107(9), 1587-1593.
    DOI Scopus8 WoS6 Europe PMC7
    2018 Plevin, D., Mohan, T., & Bastiampillai, T. (2018). The role of the GABAergic system in catatonia—Insights from clozapine and benzodiazepines. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 32, 145-146.
    DOI Scopus8 Europe PMC4
    2012 Anderson, C., Plevin, D. M., & Mckinnon, R. A. (2012). Educating our students about pharmaceutical care for those living with cancer. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 76(7), 2 pages.
    DOI Scopus11 WoS5 Europe PMC6
    2010 Plevin, D., Ward, H., Ward, M., Sorich, M., & McKinnon, R. (2010). Pharmacists' role in targeted cancer therapy in Australia and implications for pharmacy education. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 74(9), Article 168 (6 pages).
    DOI Scopus6 WoS5 Europe PMC3
    2007 Plevin, D., Galletly, C., & Roughan, P. (2007). Sexual dysfunction in men treated with depot antipsychotic drugs: A pilot study. Sexual Health, 4(4), 269-271.
    DOI Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC3
    2006 Coller, J. K., Plevin, D., Sallustio, B. C., Somogyi, A. A., & Morris, R. G. (2006). Relationship between the ABCB1 genetic polymorphism and clinical outcomes in renal transplant patients.. ACTA PHARMACOLOGICA SINICA, 27, 229.

  • Conference Papers
    Year Citation
    2023 Plevin, D., Hartmann, S., Ciobanu, L., Liaw, W., Ahmed, M., Stankov, L., & Clark, S. (2023). The cross-sectional relationship between tobacco smoking and cognitive performance in the UK Biobank. In DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW Vol. 42 (pp. S145). WILEY.

  • Committee Memberships
    Date Role Committee Institution Country
    2023 - ongoing Member Bi-national Faculty of Addiction Psychiatry Committee RANZCP Australia

  • Memberships
    Date Role Membership Country
    2023 - ongoing Member Society for Mental Health Research Australia
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