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Place of Birth: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
About Martin Whitely
- Martin Paul Whitely (born 19 October 1959 in Perth, Australia), is a researcher, author and was a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from February 2001 until he retired from state politics in March 2013.
- He represented the electorate of Roleystone from 2001 to 2005.
- Following the abolition of Roleystone, he represented the electorate of Bassendean and was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry from August 2006 until the Carpenter government lost office in September 2008.During his parliamentary career Whitely was outspoken on a number of issues including: campaigning against the use of ADHD medication by children opposing the inclusion of Psychosis Risk Disorder (Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome) in DSM5 criticising the faction system of the Western Australian Labor Party (WA Labor)Whilst still in politics Whitely wrote Speed Up and Sit Still - The Controversies of ADHD Diagnosis and Treatment (UWA Publishing 2010).
- Since retiring from politics he completed a PhD (thesis title ADHD Policy, Practice and Regulatory Capture in Australia 1992–2012).
- Subsequently, he has researched Australian mental health policy and practice and pharmaceutical and medical device regulation, suggesting reforms of Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) product safety monitoring processes.Whitely won the Curtin University 2017 Research and Engagement News Story Award for a study he led published in the Medical Journal of Australia (Influence of birth month of Western Australian children on the probability of being treated for ADHD) which found that among West Australian school children aged 6–10 the youngest in class (born in June) were approximately twice as likely to take ADHD medication as their oldest classmates (born the previous July).
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