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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

Ritter, P., Glenn, T., Achtyes, E. D., Alda, M., Agaoglu, E., Altınbaş, K., … Crowe, M., … Porter, R., … Bauer, M. (2024). Association between a large change between the minimum and maximum monthly values of solar insolation and a history of suicide attempts in bipolar I disorder. International Journal of Bipolar Disorders, 12, 43. doi: 10.1186/s40345-024-00364-5 Journal - Research Article

Cunningham, R., Petrović-van der Deen, F., Gibb, S., Crowe, M., Manuel, J., Pitama, S., Crengle, S., Porter, R., & Lacey, C. (2024). Indigenous-non-Indigenous disparities in health and social outcomes 5 years after first episode psychosis: National cohort study. BJPsych Open, 11, e9. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2024.827 Journal - Research Article

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

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

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