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Caroline Bell

Head of Mental Health Clinical Research Unit
Associate Professor

Bm BCh (Oxon, UK), MA (Cantab, UK), MRCPsych (London, UK), MD (Bristol, UK)

Email caroline.bell@otago.ac.nz

Caroline Bell is an Associate Professor at the Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago.

After the earthquakes she acted as the CDHB clinical advisor on psychosocial responses and input to the community and led a specialist service treating people with severe post traumatic earthquake related distress.

Since the March 15 mosque attacks Caroline has again acted as the CDHB clinical adviser on psychosocial responses and leads a large HRC funded study of the people most directly impacted by these attacks.

She is also studying the psychological and neurobiological effects of the earthquakes in both people presenting with significant earthquake related distress and those identifying as resilient.

Publications

Woods, C. F., McIntosh, V. V. W., Beaglehole, B., & Bell, C. (2026). Mental health service utilization after natural disasters: A systematic review. Psychiatric Services. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.20250063 Journal - Research Other

Beaglehole, B., Boden, J. M., Porter, R., Sulaiman-Hill, R., Ali, F., Dean, S., Adam, Z., Tanveer, S., Schluter, P. J., & Bell, C. (2025). Post-traumatic growth and religious coping in Muslims exposed to the March 15 terror attacks in New Zealand: A cross-sectional study. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/00048674251374461 Journal - Research Article

Williams, R., Bell, C., & Kaufman, K. R. (2025). The thematic series on the psychosocial and mental health impacts of terrorism and collective violence: Narrative review of common themes from diverse events, places and research methods. BJPsych Open, 11, e169. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2025.10061 Journal - Research Other

Woods, C. F., Beaglehole, B., Frampton, C., McIntosh, V. V. W., & Bell, C. (2025). Psychological interventions for adult earthquake-related post-traumatic stress disorder: Systematic review and meta-analysis. BJPsych Open, 11(4), e119. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2025.784 Journal - Research Article

Woods, C. F., McIntosh, V. V. W., Frampton, C. M., Carter, F. A., Colhoun, H. C., Jordan, J., Smith, R. A., & Bell, C. (2025). Treatment outcomes of cognitive behavioural therapy for earthquake-related distress. Counselling & Psychotherapy Research, 25, e70002. doi: 10.1002/capr.70002 Journal - Research Article

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