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Senior Lecturer

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Contact details

Email giles.newton-howes@otago.ac.nz

Research interests and activities

Giles trained in psychiatry at Imperial College in London, undertaking five years of clinical work in the Hawke's Bay before accepting a role in the Department of Psychological Medicine. He is a general adult consultant psychiatrist with a sub-specialty in substance misuse psychiatry. His research interests include the clinical understanding of personality disorders, particularly as they relate to psychiatric patients and mental state disorder. He is also interested in the interface between psychiatry and society, particularly the application of coercive practices.

He is a member of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders and the Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research. He is one of the systematic reviews editors of the British Journal of Psychiatry and sits on the board of the British Journal of Psychiatry and The Psychiatrist.

At the University he is responsible for the sixth year program in psychological medicine in Wellington. He is an accredited examiner for the RANZCP and works as a consultant psychiatrist for CCDHB in the Regional Personality Disorder Service.

Publications

Kisely, S., Bull, C., Zirnsak, T., Edan, V., Gould, M., Lawn, S., … Newton-Howes, G., … Brophy, L. (2025). Variations between, and within, jurisdictions in the use of community treatment orders and other compulsory community treatment: Study of 402,060 people across four Australian states. BJPsych Open, 11, e57. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2025.23 Journal - Research Article

Pickering, N., Newton-Howes, G., & Walker, S. (2024). Describing difficulties. Proceedings of the Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law (AABHL) Conference. Retrieved from https://aabhlconference.com Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Lenagh-Glue, J., Tamatea, A., O'Brien, A., Glue, P., Potiki, J., Newton-Howes, G., … Gordon, S. (2024). How will you hear my voice? The development of Indigenous-centred supported decision-making for mental health service users in Aotearoa New Zealand. International Journal of Mental Health & Capacity Law, 30, 1-59. doi: 10.1964/ijmhcl.30.1371 Journal - Research Article

Belayneh, Z., Lee, D.-C. A., Haines, T. P., Aluh, D. O., Onu, J. U., Newton-Howes, G., … Petrakis, M. (2024). Co-designing case scenarios and survey strategies to examine the classification and reporting of restrictive care practices in adult mental health inpatient settings: Perspectives from international stakeholders. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/inm.13479 Journal - Research Article

Kirikiri, A., Young, G., Beaglehole, B., & Newton-Howes, G. (2024). The perspectives of Māori on community treatment orders: A thematic analysis. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/00048674241285172 Journal - Research Article

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