Red X iconGreen tick iconYellow tick icon

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

Crouse, J. J., Loblay, V., Jorm, A., Wong, T. R., de Haan, Z., Gorban, C., … Porter, R. J., … on behalf of the Chronobiology & Chronotherapy Task Force of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders. (2026). Essential information about chronobiology and chronotherapy for the optimal care of people with bipolar disorders: An expert consensus. Bipolar Disorders, 28(5), e70141. doi: 10.1111/bdi.70141 Journal - Research Article

Monk, N., Barrett, E., Fitzjohn, J., Clark, M. T. R., Kerdemelidis, M., Cunningham, R., McLachlan, A., Waitoki, W., Porter, R., & Lacey, C. (2026). Cardiometabolic screening, elevated results and clinical follow-up actions in Māori and non-Māori with psychosis in Canterbury, Aotearoa New Zealand. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/00048674261461979 Journal - Research Article

Bhui, K., Porter, R., Douglas, K., Escobar, J. I., Kisely, S., Sen, A., & Kaufman, K. R. (2026). Applying cultural psychiatry to non-pharmacological interventions. BJPsych Open, 12, e176. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2026.12017 Journal - Research Article

Tanveer, S., Schluter, P. J., Porter, R. J., Boden, J. M., Beaglehole, B., Sulaiman-Hill, R., Dean, S., … Bell, C. (2026). Comparing the psychosocial impacts of COVID-19 in seven low- and middle-income countries: A cross-sectional study. PLOS Global Public Health, 6(6), e0005944. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0005944 Journal - Research Article

Ward, J. A., Kew, B. M., Jordan, J., Porter, R. J., & Douglas, K. M. (2026). Medical student mental health and the role of rumination. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 139(1635), 125-131. doi: 10.26635/6965.7338 Journal - Research Other

Back to top