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Richard PorterHead of Department
Director of the Mental Health Clinical Research Unit

MA(Camb) MB BS MD(Newcastle UK) DipObst(Otago) MRCPsych

Email richard.porter@otago.ac.nz

Richard Porter's main research interests are in the treatment of mood disorders.

He has a particular interest in clinical trials in mood disorders, service delivery, psychological treatments and electroconvulsive therapy.

He has conducted multiple studies into the neurobiology of mood disorders and particularly the neurobiology of cognitive impairment and is now conducting studies of cognitive remediation in mood disorders.

He is a consultant psychiatrist specialising in psychiatric care of adults with intellectual disability and also sees patients with treatment resistant mood disorders for second opinions regarding treatment.

Publications

Monk, N. J., Cunningham, R., Stanley, J., Fitzjohn, J., Kerdemelidis, M., Lockett, H., McLachlan, A. D., Porter, R. J., … Lacey, C. (2024). Inequity in cardiometabolic hospital admissions and blood screening in New Zealand Indigenous Māori with psychosis. BJPsych Open, 10, e159. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2024.759 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

Tennant, M., Porter, R., & Beaglehole, B. (2024). Mapping review of register-based cohort studies of bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disorders. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/bdi.13491 Journal - Research Other

Groves, S. J., Douglas, K. M., Crowe, M. T., Inder, M., Jordan, J., Carlyle, D., Beaglehole, B., Mulder, R., Lacey, C., Luty, S., Eggleston, K., Frampton, C., … Porter, R. J. (2024). Cognitive predictors of response to interpersonal and social rhythm therapy in mood disorders. Bipolar Disorders. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/bdi.13469 Journal - Research Article

Beaglehole, B., Porter, R., Douglas, K., Lacey, C. J., de Bie, A., Jordan, J., Mentzel, C., Thwaites, B., Manuel, J., … Frampton, C., & Glue, P. (2024). Protocol for a randomised controlled trial of ketamine versus ketamine and behavioural activation therapy for adults with treatment-resistant depression in the community. BMJ Open, 14, e084844. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084844 Journal - Research Other

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