Several Problems Press

Pyrophore: Andrew Amos

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Basic

  • ORCID: 0000-0002-9145-0212
  • Twitter: @AusPsychReview (inactive as of 28 February 2026).
  • Pyrophore IFF: 🟥 Foe

Detail

Dr Andrew James Amos is an Australian psychiatrist. As of approximately February 2026, he is known for his considerable volume of strident commentary opposing the scientific consensus in transgender healthcare.

Amos was at one time deputy editor of Australasian Psychiatry, a journal affiliated with the Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP). However, he exited that position some time before the imposition of restrictions on his license in February 2026.

Timeline

2023, November 9. Australasian Psychiatry publishes a research article, “Gender dysphoria: Reconsidering ethical and iatrogenic factors in clinical practice,” by George Halasz & Amos (2023).

2024, March 19. Australasian Psychiatry publishes a research article, “The gender-affirming model of care is incompatible with competent, ethical medical practice,” by Amos (2024).

2026, February 26. The Medical Board of Australia, the national body which regulates Australian medical practitioners’ licensure to practice, imposes conditions on Dr Amos in both his General and Specialist — Psychiatry registration types. As of 28 February, when Pyrophore saw them, the conditions are as follows (footnotes ours):

1. SOCIAL MEDIA

1.1. From 26 February 2026, the practitioner must ensure any engagement on social media, or interaction, is compliant with the Medical Board’s Code of Conduct (Good medical practice: a code of conduct for doctors in Australia)1 and Ahpra and the National Board’s Social Media Guidelines.2

1.2. The practitioner must not engage in social media posting, or interaction, in relation to gender medicine, gender identity and/or expression, and transgender persons.

For the purposes of this condition ‘social media’ is as [sic] defined as all internet-based tools that allow individuals and groups to communicate, to advertise or share opinions, information, ideas, messages, experiences, images, and video or audio clips. They may include blogs, social networks, video and photo-sharing sites, wikis, or a myriad of other media, used for:

a. social networking (Facebook, Twitter, WeChat, Weibo, WhatsApp)

b. professional networking (LinkedIn)

c. discussion forums (Reddit, Whirlpool)

d. media sharing (YouTube, Flickr, Instagram)

e. content production (blogs [Tumblr, Blogger] and microblogs [Twitter])

f. knowledge/information aggregation (Wikipedia),

g. virtual reality and gaming environments (Second Life), and

h. booking sites and apps (HealthEngine, Whitecoat, Podium).

This definition is outlined in the Board’s guidance document — Social media: How to meet your obligations under the National Law3 issued by the Medical Board of Australia, November 2019.

This is not an exhaustive list, please refer to Social Media and Health Care Professionals: Benefits, Risks, and Best Practices4 for further information.

1.3. For the purpose of compliance with clause 1.1 and 1.2:

1.3.1. the practitioner must provide Ahpra / the Board with all current social media profiles and confirmation whether these profiles are public or private, within seven (7) days from the date of imposition of conditions;

1.3.2. Ahpra / the Board may request social media activity log(s) to confirm the practitioner has not authored any comment on social media, including posting, commenting or responding to comments in relation to gender medicine, gender identity and/or expression and transgender persons.

2. RESTRICTED PRACTICE

2.1. From 26 February 2026, the practitioner must not practise other than at practice locations that are approved and published below.

No practice locations have been approved

2.2. After publication of a practice location, the practitioner must:

2.2.1. not practise if they are the only registered medical practitioner at any practise location.

2.2.2. not practise in any role requiring direct or indirect clinical patient contact (including supervision of other practitioners engaged in direct or indirect clinical contact).

For the purpose of this condition, ‘contact’ is defined as consultation(s), surgeries, procedures, interviews, examinations, treatments, assessments, prescribing for, advising, or otherwise treating a patient directly or indirectly, whether it is in person or on a communication device.

2.2.3. only use their professional knowledge to practise in management, administration, non-clinical education, non-clinical research, advisory, regulatory or policy development roles.

2.3. The practitioner must comply with the Ahpra Protocol: Practice Limitations5 in force at the date these conditions are imposed and then as updated from time to time.

Footnotes

  1. Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency & Medical Board of Australia (2020). ↩︎
  2. Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, et al. (2025). ↩︎
  3. Ibid. ↩︎
  4. Ventola (2014). ↩︎
  5. Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, et al. (2024). ↩︎

References

Amos, A. (2024, March 19). The gender-affirming model of care is incompatible with competent, ethical medical practice. Australasian Psychiatry, online. doi: 10.1177/10398562241239478. Retrieved 18 April 2024.

Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, et al. (2024, September 16). Ahpra protocol: Practice limitations. Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. Retrieved 28 February 2026.

Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, et al. (2025, March 11). Social media: How to meet your obligations under the National Law. Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. Retrieved 28 February 2026.

Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency & Medical Board of Australia (2020, October). Good medical practice: A code of conduct for doctors in Australia. Medical Board of Australia. Retrieved 28 February 2026.

Halasz, G., & Amos, A. (2023, November 9). Gender dysphoria: Reconsidering ethical and iatrogenic factors in clinical practice. Australasian Psychiatry, 32(1), 26–31. doi: 10.1177/10398562231211130. Retrieved 18 April 2024.

James Cook University (n.d.). Publications by: Andrew Amos. ResearchOnline (James Cook University); Archive Today. Retrieved 18 April 2024.

Ventola, C.L. (2014, July). Social media and health care professionals: Benefits, risks, and best practices. Pharmacy and Therapeutics, 39(7), 491–499, 520.

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