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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 474 0999 extn 57372
Email
charlie.mentzel@otago.ac.nz
Position
Senior Lecturer
Department
Department of Psychological Medicine (Dunedin)
Qualifications
MD PhD vocationally trained psychiatrist
Research summary
Practical research into improving psychiatric practice especially movement disorders
Teaching
I'm the convenor for the psychological medicine module for the 6th year medical students. I am interested in service-user involvement in education and improving professionalism among students.
Memberships
Curriculum map subcommittee
Clinical
Inpatient psychiatrist 0.5 fte

Research

I have a PhD on the course recognition and treatment of movement disorders in severe mental illness. Since coming to Dunedin I'm involved in projects on functional movement disorders, complaints on inpatient wards, service user-led teaching for medical students and the analysis of large datasets.

Publications

Taube, C., Mentzel, C., Glue, P., & Barak, Y. (2024). Aging of persons with schizophrenia: Analysis of a national dataset. International Psychogeriatrics, 36(1), 43-50. doi: 10.1017/S1041610223000145 Journal - Research Article

Corfe-Tan, J., McLay, L., & Mentzel, C. (2023). Prescription of sodium valproate to women of childbearing potential in Southern District Mental Health Services in New Zealand. Australasian Psychiatry. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/10398562231197286 Journal - Research Article

Barak, Y., Taube, C., Mentzel, C., & Glue, P. (2023). Ageing of persons with schizophrenia: Analysis of a national data set. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57(Suppl. 1), (pp. 165). doi: 10.1177/00048674231169682 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Kew, B. M., Porter, R. J., Douglas, K. M., Glue, P., Mentzel, C. L., & Beaglehole, B. (2023). Ketamine and psychotherapy for the treatment of psychiatric disorders: Systematic review. BJPsych Open, 9, e79. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2023.53 Journal - Research Other

Mentzel, C., Taube, C., Glue, P., & Barak, Y. (2023). Older adults with schizophrenia and dementia: Analysis of a national dataset [Brief report]. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 42, 609-612. doi: 10.1111/ajag.13187 Journal - Research Other

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