<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A general practitioner who cared for the man behind a deadly mass stabbing of weekend shoppers is set to testify before a court.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Joel Cauchi, 40, was experiencing psychotic symptoms when he killed six people and injured 10 others at Sydney's Bondi Junction Westfield in April 2024.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An inquest into the stabbing attack has heard from the mental health nurses and psychiatrist who regularly saw Cauchi in Queensland over eight years.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/finance/asic-sues-broking-division-of-macquarie-investment-bank/f276b7e0-509c-44f4-9923-70609e1a37b2" target="_blank"><strong><span>ASIC sues broking arm of investment bank Macquarie</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The psychiatrist, who cannot be legally named, broke down after being confronted with various backdowns and inconsistencies in her evidence regarding his treatment and whether she could have done more.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Cauchi's Toowoomba GP will step into the witness box at the NSW Coroners Court on Thursday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The inquest has already heard that the psychiatrist provided incomplete information to the doctor in a letter regarding Cauchi's mental condition when he was discharged in early 2020.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-stabbing-inquest-killers-doctor-to-testify-as-inquest-continues/dbc177a9-7b33-467b-a5f0-dcf3e3a6ee04" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The doctor is expected to deny the psychiatrist's claims they had a more detailed phone call around that time.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Cauchi was diagnosed with schizophrenia as a teen and was successfully treated using two antipsychotics.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/penny-wongs-playbook-for-handling-donald-trump/3233e450-94a3-400b-9c92-590fa417ac3e" target="_blank"><strong><span>Penny Wong's playbook for handling Donald Trump</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>After being transferred from the public to the private system in 2012, he formed a plan with the psychiatrist to wean himself off the medication.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>By mid-2019 he was completely off the antipsychotics and he became detached from the mental health system early the following year after moving to Brisbane.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>While a Brisbane GP tried to refer Cauchi to a number of psychiatrists for ongoing help, this was unsuccessful.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He eventually contacted one psychiatrist to obtain a gun licence in November 2020 but this was not followed through.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>Readers seeking support can contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or beyond blue on 1300 22 4636.</span></strong></div></div>