Dr Janis Carter is a psychiatrist, who is also a qualified fitness professional registered with Fitness Australia, having specialties in group exercise, personal training and the aged population. She is also a qualified Yoga instructor, Pilates instructor and Tai Chi for Arthritis instructor.

She has always been interested in fitness and mental health, and started a research project with the University of Queensland in 2002 under the general supervision of Associate Professor Gerard Byrne, Head of Department of Psychiatry, studying war veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder subjected to a yoga programme. Research continues into the effectiveness of yoga in the treatment of post trauma syndromes. In addition, a research project has been completed studying the use of Qi Gong (controlled breathing with colour visualisations or mantras using Chinese medicine concepts of organs) in the management of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Early findings indicate it is more helpful for the symptoms of anxiety and insomnia rather than depression. Further studies are being done to see if mood can be altered using other Qi Gong techniques.

Recently Dr Janis Carter has become a PhD candidate of the University of Queensland studying a Multicomponent Yoga intervention for PTSD in Vietnam War Veterans. Associate Professor Gerard Byrne is her core supervisor.

Member of the Following -
• Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry R.A.N.Z.C.P.
• Section of Psychotherapy R.A.N.Z.C.P.
• Faculty of Psychiatry of Old Age R.A.N.Z.C.P.
• Section of Forensic Psychiatry R.A.N.Z.C.P.
• Australian Military Medicine Association
• Australian Society for Geriatric Medicine ASGM
• Queensland Keep Fit Association
• International Assoc Yoga Therapists