Dr David Plevin
Lecturer
School of Medicine
College of Health
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.
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 - ongoing | Lecturer | University of Adelaide |
| 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) |
| 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 | - |
| 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. |
| 2025 | Plevin, D., & Munro, V. (2025). The clinical use of dream content in modern psychiatry. Australasian Psychiatry, 33(3), 413-416. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 2023 | Plevin, D., & Herriot, P. (2023). Perceived injustice: a historical and clinical review of a useful concept for psychiatry.. Australas Psychiatry, 32(1), 10398562231211133. Scopus1 WoS1 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. |
| 2020 | Plevin, D., & Galletly, C. (2020). The neuropsychiatric effects of vitamin C deficiency: a systematic review.. BMC Psychiatry, 20(1), 1-9. Scopus90 WoS70 Europe PMC57 |
| 2019 | Plevin, D., & Smith, N. (2019). Assessment and management of depression and anxiety in children and adolescents with epilepsy. Behavioural Neurology, 2019, 2571368. Scopus23 WoS22 Europe PMC15 |
| 2019 | Plevin, D., & Mohan, T. (2019). An institutional review of dental orthopantomograms in patients receiving electroconvulsive therapy. Australasian Psychiatry, 27(4), 412-413. |
| 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. Scopus8 WoS7 Europe PMC8 |
| 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. Scopus10 Europe PMC9 |
| 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. Scopus11 WoS6 Europe PMC8 |
| 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). 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. Scopus6 WoS7 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. |
| 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. |
| Date | Role | Committee | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 - ongoing | Member | Bi-national Faculty of Addiction Psychiatry Committee | RANZCP | Australia |
| Date | Role | Membership | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 - ongoing | Member | Society for Mental Health Research | Australia |
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