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Shaystah Dean imageResearch Fellow

Email shaystah.dean@otago.ac.nz

Shaystah Dean is a Senior 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

Every-Palmer, S., Flewett, T., Hansby, O., Ross, B., Rutledge, E., Dean, S., Weatherall, M., & Bell, E. (2024, September). Psychosis, trauma, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Verbal presentation at the Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) New Zealand Conference, Wellington, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Every-Palmer, S., Hansby, O., Flewett, T., Dean, S., Bell, E., & Weatherall, M. (2024, September). Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in adults with psychosis and other comorbidities: A real-world randomised controlled trial. Verbal presentation at the Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) New Zealand Conference, Wellington, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Bell, C., Sulaiman-Hill, R., Tanveer, S., Porter, R., Dean, S., Schluter, P. J., Beaglehole, B., & Boden, J. M. (2024). Factors associated with mental health outcomes in a Muslim community following the Christchurch terrorist attack. BJPsych Open, 10, e209. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2024.774 Journal - Research Article

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

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