Contact Details
- Phone
- +64 4 832 3161
- sarah.mckenzie@otago.ac.nz
- Position
- Senior Research Fellow
- Department
- Department of Psychological Medicine (Wellington)
- Qualifications
- BSc (Hons), DPH, MPH, PhD
- Research summary
- Suicide and mental health
Research
Sarah is a social scientist specialising in mental health research, critical suicidology, and qualitative research methods.
She is currently researching men's anxiety, depression and suicidal distress using participatory visual research methods. She is interested in upstream mental health promotion and suicide prevention and has undertaken research in mental health inequities, the social determinants of mental health, masculinities and men's mental health.
Publications
McKenzie, S. K., Cooper, A., Ergler, C., Kelly, M. T., & Oliffe, J. L. (2025). Home as a place of refuge, despair, and self-care for men living with mental health challenges. Qualitative Health Research. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/10497323251320848 Journal - Research Article
McKenzie, S., Aspin, C., Bowden, C., Hoskin, A., Kairua, M., Best, T., Taylor, B., & Jenkin, G. (2024). Calling for action on suicide prevention in Aotearoa. The Briefing, (19 October). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/calling-action-suicide-prevention-aotearoa Journal - Research Other
McKenzie, S. K., Mathieson, F., Das, T., Genuchi, M. C., & Oliffe, J. L. (2024). Understanding men's lived experience of mental distress through metaphors. American Journal of Men's Health, 18(3). doi: 10.1177/15579883241260920 Journal - Research Article
McKenzie, S. K., Kelly, M. T., Cooney, E., & Oliffe, J. L. (2023). Men's accounts of anxiety: A photovoice study. SSM Qualitative Research in Health, 4, 100356. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100356 Journal - Research Article
McKenzie, S. K., Roguski, M., & Every-Palmer, S. (2023). Colonization drives silence and inequities in men’s mental illness. Nature Mental Health, 1, 609. doi: 10.1038/s44220-023-00113-0 Journal - Research Other