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Shaystah Dean imageResearch Fellow

Email shaystah.dean@otago.ac.nz

Shaystah Dean is a Research Fellow in the Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch. She recieved her qualification as a clinical psychologist from the University of Canterbury in 2011, and later completed her PhD at the University of Otago, Wellington.

With a background in general and adolescent mental health, in both the public and private sectors, her research interests include adolescent mental health, integrated psychological intervention, and disaster response.

Following the March 15 mosque attacks, Shaystah held roles supporting both the Canterbury District Health Board psychosocial response, and the Ministry of Justice as part of planning and delivery of court proceedings. She is an investigator for The March 15 Project: Impacts and Recovery, at the University of Otago, Christchurch.

Publications

Dean, S. (2024, August). The intersection between trauma-informed and culturally responsive practice. Invited presentation at the Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Dean, S., Eggleston, K., Ali, F., Thaufeeg, Z., Wells, H. J., Zarifeh, J., Sulaiman-Hill, R., Bell, C., & Crowe, M. (2024). ‘I can feel sad about it and I can worry, but inside I know everything happens for a reason’: Personal experiences in the aftermath of the March 15 Christchurch mosque attacks. BJPsych Open, 10, e176. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2024.791 Journal - Research Article

Sulaiman-Hill, R., Schluter, P. J., Tanveer, S., Boden, J. M., Porter, R., Beaglehole, B., Dean, S., Thaufeeg, Z., & Bell, C. (2024). The psychosocial impacts of the 15 March terrorist attack on the Christchurch Muslim community: A descriptive, cross-sectional assessment. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58(11), 977-989. doi: 10.1177/00048674241276802 Journal - Research Article

Donovan, K., & Dean, S. (2024). Youth group wellbeing project for adolescents impacted by the March 15 attacks: Protocol for a pilot randomised waitlist-controlled trial. BJPsych Open, 10(Suppl. 1), (pp. S32). doi: 10.1192/bjo.2024.139 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Every-Palmer, S., Hansby, O., Flewett, T., Dean, S., Weatherall, M., & Bell, E. (2024). A real-world randomised controlled trial of Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy compared to usual treatment for PTSD in adults with psychosis. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58(Suppl. 1), (pp. 66). doi: 10.1177/00048674241241938 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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