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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 372 6758
Email
james.foulds@otago.ac.nz
Position
Associate Professor
Department
Department of Psychological Medicine (Christchurch)
Qualifications
MBChB FRANZCP
Research summary
Alcohol; addiction

Research

James graduated from the University of Otago in 1996 and completed specialist training in psychiatry in Melbourne in 2006. Since returning to Christchurch in 2008 he has worked as a Consultant Psychiatrist in Christchurch and on the West Coast.

James is the co-convenor of fourth year medical student teaching in addiction medicine.

His research interests include the epidemiology of alcohol use, particularly in relation to mental health comorbidity, and the treatment of alcohol related mental illness.

Publications

Joyce, L. R., Cleland, L., Forman, E., Hlavac, A., Foulds, J., & Crossin, R. (2024). Changes in alcohol-related emergency department presentations: A comparison of three waves in 2013, 2017 and 2022. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 137(1593), 56-67. Retrieved from https://www.nzmj.org.nz/ Journal - Research Article

Arunogiri, S., Lubman, D., & Foulds, J. (2024). Addiction medicine and psychiatry workforce training and planning across Australia and New Zealand: Commentary on "Education and training in addiction medicine and psychology across Europe: A EUFAS survey". European Addiction Research. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1159/000536560 Journal - Research Other

Calais-Ferreira, L., Armstrong, G., Hahn, E., Newton-Howes, G., Foulds, J., Hopper, J. L., … Young, J. T. (2024). Mental disorders and discrimination: A prospective cohort study of young twin pairs in Germany. SSM Population Health, 25, 101622. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101622 Journal - Research Article

Greenwood, C. J., Letcher, P., Laurance, E., Boden, J. M., Foulds, J., Spry, E. A., Kerr, J. A., … Olsson, C. A. (2023). The Monitoring Illicit Substance USE Consortium: A study protocol for investigating low prevalence substance use behaviours in population cohort studies. Drug & Alcohol Review, 42(Suppl. 1), 205. doi: 10.1111/dar.13749 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Lee, R. M., Shoorangiz, R., Foulds, J. A., Almuqbel, M. M., Le Heron, C., Cleland, L., Keenan, R. J., Mulder, R., Porter, R. J., Newton-Howes, G., Douglas, K. M., Butler, A. P. H., Boden, J. M., & Melzer, T. R. (2023). Long-term impacts of cannabis on resting state functional networks: Are there any? In K.-L. Horne (Ed.), Proceedings of the 39th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research (AWCBR). (pp. 57). Retrieved from https://www.awcbr.org Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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