Dr. Diane McIntosh MD FRCPC

Psychiatrist

Dr. McIntosh graduated with distinction from Dalhousie University in Halifax, where she completed an undergraduate degree in pharmacy before completing her medical residency in both pediatrics and psychiatry. She is a clinical assistant professor at the University of British Columbia and since 2004 has been a consulting psychiatrist for the Mood Disorders Clinic at UBC as well as the Post-traumatic Stress Disorder clinic of Vancouver General Hospital.

Prior to moving to British Columbia in 2004, Dr. McIntosh was staff psychiatrist at the Nova Scotia Hospital and later the Clinical Director of the Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Clinic for the Department of National Defense at CFB Stadacona. She also spent two years in private practice in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

As a researcher, Dr. McIntosh has been a principle or sub-investigator in several studies & trials and she is currently the principal investigator in an industry-sponsored study for a new scale used for diagnosing depression. She is also the author of several publications and is active in presenting and teaching to patients, students and physicians, on a local and national level. Her clinical focus is complex anxiety disorders, particularly Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, with an interest in neurobiology and psychopharmacology.