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Caroline Bell

Head of Mental Health Clinical Research Unit
Associate Professor

Bm BCh (Oxon, UK), MA (Cantab, UK), MRCPsych (London, UK), MD (Bristol, UK)

Email caroline.bell@otago.ac.nz

Caroline Bell is an Associate Professor at the Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago.

After the earthquakes she acted as the CDHB clinical advisor on psychosocial responses and input to the community and led a specialist service treating people with severe post traumatic earthquake related distress.

Since the March 15 mosque attacks Caroline has again acted as the CDHB clinical adviser on psychosocial responses and leads a large HRC funded study of the people most directly impacted by these attacks.

She is also studying the psychological and neurobiological effects of the earthquakes in both people presenting with significant earthquake related distress and those identifying as resilient.

Publications

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., 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

Bell, C. (2024, August). Learning from disasters: The psychological impacts of trauma. University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand. [Inaugural Professorial Lecture]. Other Research Output

Galbally, M., Kotze, B., Bell, C., Quadrio, C., Gattetly, C., Herrman, H., … Morgan, S. (2024). Achieving gender equity in academic psychiatry: Barriers to involvement and solutions for success. Australasian Psychiatry. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/10398562241268362 Journal - Research Article

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