Oral Presentation The National Suicide Prevention Conference 2024

Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide - Dr Peggy Brown AO (106046)

Peggy Brown 1
  1. Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Peggy Brown is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP), a member of the RANZCP Section on Leadership and Management, a member of the RANZCP Military, Veterans’ and Emergency Services Personnel Mental Health Network (MVESPMHN) and also of the RANZCP ADHD Network. She is currently a Member of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee.

She was previously contracted by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs to conduct two reviews: 1. Review of Trauma Recovery Program, and 2. Review of the Wellbeing and Support Program. She was a member of the DVA Chief Health Officer’s Mental Health Expert Advisory Group from February to July 2021, and was engaged by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care to provide strategic support and advice; and to chair the Expert Advisory Group for the Independent Qualitative Review of Past Defence and Veteran Suicides being conducted by the ACSQHC on behalf of the Interim National Commissioner on Defence and Veteran Suicides. She was the CEO at the National Mental Health Commission when it conducted the Review of Suicide and Self-Harm Services for Current and Former Members of the Australian Defence Force and their Families in 2016–17.