Caroline Bell (academic)
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Caroline Jane Bell is a New Zealand psychiatry academic, and is a full professor at the University of Otago, specialising in investigating the psychological impacts of trauma. She led the Canterbury District Health Board's response to mental health after the Christchurch earthquakes and led a collaboration on the effects of the Christchurch mosque shootings.
Academic career
Bell completed a medical degree at the University of Oxford, a Master of Arts degree at the University of Cambridge, followed by a PhD at the University of Bristol titled Investigation of the role of serotonin in anxiety and panic disorder.{{Cite thesis|title=Investigation of the role of serotonin in anxiety and panic disorder|last=Bell|first=Caroline Jane|type=PhD thesis|publisher=University of Bristol|url=|date=2003|oclc=931572912}}{{Cite web |title=Academic profile: Professor Caroline Bell |url=https://www.otago.ac.nz/christchurch/departments/psychmed/people/caroline-j-bell |access-date=28 August 2024 |website=University of Otago}} Bell then joined the faculty of the Department of Psychological Medicine at the University of Otago in Christchurch, rising to associate professor in 2014 and full professor in 2024.{{Cite news |last=Gibb |first=John |date=2014-01-02 |title=12 staff to become professors |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/12-staff-become-professors |access-date=2024-08-07 |work=Otago Daily Times |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=12 December 2023 |title=Otago announces 29 new professors |url=https://www.otago.ac.nz/news/newsroom/otago-announces-29-new-professors |work=University of Otago News}}
Bell's research focuses on the psychological impacts of trauma, and is interested in the different outcomes that result for people after trauma, including distress and resilience, and how outcomes are influenced by factors such as people's culture, spiritual practices and religion. She has studied the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes, the Christchurch mosque attacks of 2019, and the COVID-19 lockdowns.{{Cite web |date=5 August 2024 |title=Inaugural professorial lecture Professor Caroline Bell: Learning from disasters: The psychological impacts of trauma |url=https://www.otago.ac.nz/news/events/inaugural-professorial-lecture-professor-caroline-bell |access-date=19 August 2024 |website=University of Otago events}} Her research found that the lockdown experience was worse for people with pre-existing mental illness.{{Cite web |date=2021-10-07 |title=Lockdown is harder for people with histories of mental illness |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018815445/lockdown-is-harder-for-people-with-histories-of-mental-illness |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=RNZ |language=en-nz}} Bell led the Canterbury District Health Board's response to mental health after the Christchurch earthquakes, and alongside Dr Ruqayya Sulaiman-Hill, she led a large Health Research Council-funded research collaboration between the Universities of Canterbury and Otago, and the Canterbury District Health Board, to investigate the physical and psychological effects of the mosque attacks, and to link survivors with support services.{{Cite web |date=2020-02-11 |title=New study to help those directly affected by Mosque attacks {{!}} Health Research Council of New Zealand |url=https://www.hrc.govt.nz/news-and-events/new-study-help-those-directly-affected-mosque-attacks |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=www.hrc.govt.nz |language=en}} Bell has also investigated group transdiagnostic treatment as a potential more effective treatment for anxiety and depression.{{Cite web |date=29 May 2019 |title=Novel treatments under spotlight with HRC funding |url=https://www.otago.ac.nz/news/newsroom/novel-treatments-under-spotlight-with-hrc-funding |website=University of Otago Newsroom}}{{Cite web |title=Group Transdiagnostic Treatment for Anxiety and Depression in Primary Care {{!}} Health Research Council of New Zealand |url=https://www.hrc.govt.nz/resources/research-repository/group-transdiagnostic-treatment-anxiety-and-depression-primary-care |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=www.hrc.govt.nz |language=en}}
Selected works
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- {{Cite Q|Q48659426}}
- {{Cite Q|Q47274863|doi-access=free}}
- {{Cite Q|Q28269795}}
- {{Cite Q|Q125165005}}
- {{Cite Q|Q125164995}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNUVhla0JdQ How have Canterbury’s earthquakes affected people’s mental health?] Caroline Bell public lecture, 18 June 2015, via YouTube
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Category:New Zealand academics
Category:New Zealand women academics
Category:Academic staff of the University of Otago
Category:Alumni of the University of Bristol
Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford
Category:Alumni of the University of Cambridge
Category:New Zealand psychiatrists