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BA MA (Applied) PhD
Research Fellow (Suicide and Mental Health Research Group; and Department of Psychological Medicine)

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Contact details  

Tel +64 4 806 1486
Email debbie.peterson@otago.ac.nz

Research interests and activities

Mental health research with an emphasis on issues affecting people with experience of mental illness for example: recovery; suicide; stigma; discrimination; consumer involvement; employment; quality of services. My own experience of mental illness informs my research practice.

Publications

Wilson, M., Cram, F., Gibb, S., Gray, S., McLeod, K., Peterson, D., & Lockett, H. (2024). The impact of Individual Placement and Support on employment, health and social outcomes: Quasi-experimental evidence from Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 137(1602), 27-54. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/ Journal - Research Article

Peterson, D., Imlach, F., & Cunningham, R. (2024). Mental health and aging in New Zealand: mixed-methods analysis of experiences of healthcare from a survey of older adults with mental health conditions. Kōtuitui, 1-15. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2024.2344511 Journal - Research Article

Cunningham, R., Stanley, J., Imlach, F., Haitana, T., Lockett, H., Every-Palmer, S., Clark, M. T. R., Lacey, C., Telfer, K., & Peterson, D. (2024). Cancer diagnosis after emergency presentations in people with mental health and substance use conditions: A national cohort study. BMC Cancer, 24, 546. doi: 10.1186/s12885-024-12292-9 Journal - Research Article

Cunningham, R., Imlach, F., Haitana, T., Clark, M. T. R., Every-Palmer, S., Lockett, H., & Peterson, D. (2024). Experiences of physical healthcare services in Māori and non-Māori with mental health and substance use conditions. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/00048674241238958 Journal - Research Article

Cunningham, R., Imlach, F., Every-Palmer, S., Haitana, T., & Peterson, D. (2023). Dealing with discrimination in physical health care services: Strategies of people with mental health and substance use conditions. Journal of Patient Experience. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/23743735231211778 Journal - Research Article

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