Senior Research Fellow
Suicide and Mental Health Research Group, Department of Psychological Medicine (Wellington)
Contact details
Email sarah.mckenzie@otago.ac.nz
Qualifications
- BSc (Hons), University of Glasgow (1995-1999)
- MPH, University of Otago (2009)
- PhD Public Health, University of Otago (2013-2017)
Research interests
- Men’s mental health and suicide prevention
- Men’s concussion and recovery
- Social determinants of mental health
- Mental health equity
- Critical suicidology
- Sociological methodology and research methods
- Arts-based and storytelling research methods
- Masculinities
- Gender relations
Research activities
- Picturing the invisible: a photovoice study of men’s lived experiences of concussion recovery (PDF) (funded by Lotteries Health)
Visit the digital photographic exhibition - Through the Eyes of Men: a photovoice study of men’s mental distress (funded by Marsden Fast-Start)
Visit the digital photographic exhibition - Reducing Male Suicide: Research Excellence Cluster led by University of British Columbia
- Men Building Intimate Partner Relationships: study led by the Men’s Health Program, University of British Columbia
Postgraduate supervision
- Angie Hoskins PhD – Effect of the menstrual cycle on suicide and suicidal behaviours
- Anna von Tunzelman PhD – Is some binge-drinking a form of deliberate self-harm?
- Renan Lopes de Lyra PhD – Suicide exposure among first responders
Publications
McKenzie, S. K., Ramsden, G., Every-Palmer, S., Ahir-Knight, S., & Oliffe, J. L. (2026). 'It puts you at odds with society': Masculinity and men's experiences of mental illness stigma. Qualitative Health Research. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/10497323261450776 Journal - Research Article
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. 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