Elliot is a clinical psychologist with expereince working both in public mental health services and private practice. His clinical interests include rehabilitation in major mental illnesses, cognitive behavioural therapy, clinical neuropsychology, intellectual disability, the assessment and treatment of posttrauma states, and forensic issues in mental health. Elliot completed his PhD on the measurement of “theory of mind” in schizophrenia, and has developed research interests in social cognition and neuro-cognition in mental disorders.
As a lecturer in the Rehabilitation Teaching & Research Unit, Elliot teaches the REHB 714 Personal and Psychological Factors in Rehabilitation paper.
He also works in the Department of Psychological Medicine teaching cognitive behaviour therapy.
Email elliot.bell@otago.ac.nz
Publications
Every-Palmer, S., Cunningham, R., Jenkins, M., & Bell, E. (2020). The Christchurch mosque shooting, the media, and subsequent gun control reform in New Zealand: A descriptive analysis. Psychiatry, Psychology & Law. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2020.1770635
Soulié, T. S. E., Levack, W. M. M., & Bell, E. M. (2020). Barriers to positive outcomes in treating patients at risk of suicide in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Perspectives from ‘positively inclined’ clinicians [Brief report]. Kōtuitui. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2020.1856148
Soulié, T., Levack, W., Jenkin, G., Collings, S., & Bell, E. (2020). Learning from clinicians' positive inclination to suicidal patients: A grounded theory model. Death Studies. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2020.1744201
Little, J. D., & Bell, E. (2020). Anosognosia and schizophrenia: A reminder. Australasian Psychiatry. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/1039856220928866
Soulié, T., Bell, E., Jenkin, G., Sim, D., & Collings, S. (2020). Systematic exploration of countertransference phenomena in the treatment of patients at risk for suicide. Archives of Suicide Research, 24(1), 96-118. doi: 10.1080/13811118.2018.1506844
Authored Book - Research
Kirwan, J., Bell, E., Louden-Bell, K., & Thomson, M. (2014). Stand by me: Helping your teen through tough times. Auckland, New Zealand: Penguin, 320p.
Chapter in Book - Research
Carr, V., Green, M. J., & Bell, E. M. (2017). Schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders. In N. Pelling & L. Burton (Eds.), Abnormal psychology in context: The Australian and New Zealand handbook. (pp. 76-93). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Bell, E. M., Langdon, R., Siegert, R. J., & Ellis, P. M. (2010). The assessment of theory of mind in schizophrenia. In G. Dimaggio & P. H. Lysaker (Eds.), Metacognition and severe adult mental disorders: From research to treatment. (pp. 115-133). Hove, UK: Routledge.
Journal - Research Article
Every-Palmer, S., Cunningham, R., Jenkins, M., & Bell, E. (2020). The Christchurch mosque shooting, the media, and subsequent gun control reform in New Zealand: A descriptive analysis. Psychiatry, Psychology & Law. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2020.1770635
Soulié, T., Bell, E., Jenkin, G., Sim, D., & Collings, S. (2020). Systematic exploration of countertransference phenomena in the treatment of patients at risk for suicide. Archives of Suicide Research, 24(1), 96-118. doi: 10.1080/13811118.2018.1506844
Little, J. D., & Bell, E. (2020). Anosognosia and schizophrenia: A reminder. Australasian Psychiatry. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/1039856220928866
Soulié, T., Levack, W., Jenkin, G., Collings, S., & Bell, E. (2020). Learning from clinicians' positive inclination to suicidal patients: A grounded theory model. Death Studies. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2020.1744201
Soulié, T. S. E., Levack, W. M. M., & Bell, E. M. (2020). Barriers to positive outcomes in treating patients at risk of suicide in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Perspectives from ‘positively inclined’ clinicians [Brief report]. Kōtuitui. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2020.1856148
Adams, M., Weatherall, M., & Bell, E. (2019). A cohort study of the association between psychosocial factors and pain in patients with Spinal Cord Injury and stroke. NeuroRehabilitation, 45(3), 419-427. doi: 10.3233/nre-192872
Matthews, M., Bell, E., & Mirfin-Veitch, B. (2018). Comparing psychopathology rates across autism spectrum disorders and intellectual disabilities. Advances in Mental Health & Intellectual Disabilities, 12(5/6), 163-172. doi: 10.1108/AMHID-04-2018-0023
Lopez, L., Graham, F., Bell, E., & Hay-Smith, E. J. C. (2017). The lived experience of older adults' adjustment to amputation in the context of wheelchair use. New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy, 45(2), 67-74. doi: 10.15619/NZJP/45.2.03
Dean, S., Britt, E., Bell, E., Stanley, J., & Collings, S. (2016). Motivational interviewing to enhance adolescent mental health treatment engagement: A randomized clinical trial. Psychological Medicine, 46(9), 1961-1969. doi: 10.1017/s0033291716000568
Boland, P., Levack, W. M. M., Hudson, S., & Bell, E. M. (2012). Coping with multiple sclerosis as a couple: 'Peaks and troughs': An interpretative phenomenological exploration. Disability & Rehabilitation, 34(16), 1367-1375. doi: 10.3109/09638288.2011.645115
Siegert, R. J., Weatherall, M., & Bell, E. M. (2008). Is implicit sequence learning impaired in schizophrenia? A meta-analysis. Brain & Cognition, 67, 351-359. doi: 10.1016/j.bandc.2008.02.005
Journal - Research Other
Davey, S., Bell, E., Halberstadt, J., & Collings, S. (2020). Where is an emotion? Using targeted visceroception as a method of improving emotion regulation in healthy participants to inform suicide prevention initiatives: A randomised controlled trial. Trials, 21, 642. doi: 10.1186/s13063-020-04479-9
Every-Palmer, S., Flewett, T., Dean, S., Hansby, O., Colman, A., Weatherall, M., & Bell, E. (2019). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in adults with serious mental illness within forensic and rehabilitation services: A study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 20, 642. doi: 10.1186/s13063-019-3760-2
Boland, P., Levack, W. M. M., Hudson, S., & Bell, E. (2018). A qualitative exploration of barriers and facilitators to coping experienced by couples when one has multiple sclerosis. International Journal of Therapy & Rehabilitation, 25(5), 240-246. doi: 10.12968/ijtr.2018.25.5.240
Davey, S., Halberstadt, J., Bell, E., & Collings, S. (2018). A scoping review of suicidality and alexithymia: The need to consider interoception. Journal of Affective Disorders, 238, 424-441. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2018.06.027
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Bell, E., Hansby, O., Weatherall, M., Grant, E., Fairley, N. A., & Every-Palmer, S. (2019). Characteristics of "special patients": Preliminary findings from a 20-year retrospective cohort study into clinical, functioning and offending outcomes following rehabilitation. Proceedings of the Otago Spotlight Series: Mental Health Research. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/healthsciences/research/forum/index.html
Soulie, T., Bell, E., Jenkin, G., & Collings, S. (2018). Understanding clinicians' positive inclination to patients at risk for suicide: Preliminary findings. Proceedings of the 8th Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Suicide Prevention (IASP). (pp. 119). Retrieved from https://iasp.info/newzealand/
Soulie, T., Bell, E., Jenkin, G., Sim, D., & Collings, S. (2018). Effect of clinicians' profession and theoretical orientation on levels of endorsement of countertransference to suicidal patients. Proceedings of the 8th Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Suicide Prevention (IASP). (pp. 118-119). Retrieved from https://iasp.info/newzealand/
Davey, S., Bell, E., Halberstadt, J., & Collings, S. (2018). A scoping review of suicidality and alexithymia: The need to consider interoception. Proceedings of the 8th Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Suicide Prevention (IASP). (pp. 117). Retrieved from https://iasp.info/newzealand/
Adams, M., Weatherall, M., & Bell, E. (2017). A cohort study of psychosocial factors in relationship to pain in patients with SCI and stroke in New Zealand. International Journal of Stroke, 12(3, Suppl.), (pp. 49). doi: 10.1177/1747493017720548
Dean, S., Britt, E., Bell, E., Stanley, J., & Collings, S. (2017). Engaging adolescents in mental health treatment. Proceedings of the International Conference on Motivational Interviewing. (pp. 45). Retrieved from http://www.icmi-conference.org
Adams, M., Weatherall, M., & Bell, E. (2017). A cohort study of psychosocial factors in relationship to pain in patients with SCI and stroke in New Zealand. Proceedings of the New Zealand Rehabilitation Conference: Making an Impact: Putting Knowledge to Work in Rehabilitation. Retrieved from http://www.nzrehabconference2017.co.nz/
Jasperse, M., MacDonald, J., Kindon, S., Bell, E., & Ellis, P. (2016). “Damaged” & “Difficult”: Deconstructing the disempowering discourses that dominate refugee resettlement. Proceedings of the 6th Annual North American Refugee Conference. (pp. 64). Retrieved from http://centerforrefugeehealth.com/north-american-refugee-health-conference/speakers
Bell, E., Siegert, R., & Weatherall, M. (2007). Is implicit sequence learning impaired in schizophrenia? Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 41(Suppl. 2), (pp. A474). doi: 10.1080/00048670701757092
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Boland, P., Levack, W., Hudson, S., & Bell, E. (2014, September). 'Swings and roundabouts': The influences of external factors on the way married couples cope with multiple sclerosis. Poster session presented at the Division of Health Sciences Research Forum: Learning Different Research Languages, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Bell, E. (2020, November). The Christchurch mosque shooting and the psychology of "focussing events". Verbal presentation at the The Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) New Zealand Conference: A Climate for Change: Nga Tohu Huarere e panoni haere nei, he ao hurihuri, Napier, New Zealand.
Soulié, T., Bell, E., Jenkin, G., Sim, D., & Collings, S. (2017, July). Paradoxical countertransference: Systematic account of countertransference phenomena in the treatment of patients at risk for suicide. Verbal presentation at the 29th World Congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) and 21st Malaysian Conference on Psychological Medicine (MCPM), Kuching, Malaysia.
Bell, E., & Moore, D. J. (2013, July). New Zealand College of Clinical Psychology: Beginnings, current issues, and future directions. Invited presentation at the American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Convention, Honolulu, HI.
Bell, E., Moore, D. J., & Banks, C. (2013, July). Maori culture and psychopharmacology. Invited presentation at the American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Convention, Honolulu, HI.
Bell, E. M., Langdon, R., Ellis, P., & Siegert, R. J. (2013, April). Psychometric properties of the "Reading the Mind in the Eyes" task as a measure of mind in people with schizophrenia. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists (NZCCP) 23rd National Conference: Upping our game "Nga Ringa Raupa", Dunedin, New Zealand.
Bell, E. (2010, August). Addressing social cognitive impairments in schizophrenia rehabilitation: Measuring 'Theory of Mind'. Verbal presentation at the Rehabilitation & Disability Research Theme Colloquium, Wellington, New Zealand.
Bell, E. (2009, November). Blog spot. Invited presentation at the Rehabilitation Teaching and Research Unit Research Students' Study Day: Best Practice in Rehabilitation, Wellington, New Zealand.
Bell, E., Langdon, R., Siegert, R., & Ellis, P. (2009, July). The assessment of “theory of mind” in schizophrenia. Verbal presentation at the Australian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine (AFRM), National Institute of Rehabilitation Research (NIRR), and the New Zealand Rehabilitation Association (NZRA) Rehabilitation Conference: Working Together Across the Lifespan, Queenstown, New Zealand.
Bell, E. (2008, August). Considering co-morbidities: Managing mental and physical disability. Keynote presentation at the Rehabilitation Teaching and Research Unit Second Semester Seminar, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Bell, E., Siegert, R., & Weatherall, M. (2007, November). Is implicit sequence learning impaired in schizophrenia? A meta-analysis. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists Annual Conference, Nelson, New Zealand.
Bell, E., Siegert, R., & Ellis, P. (2006, July). Operationalising theory of mind: The psychometrics of mentalizing. Verbal presentation at the Cognitive Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuropsychiatry Research Forum, Sydney, Australia.
Bell, E. (2006, September). Psychological aspects of the rehabilitation of forensic psychiatric patients. Verbal presentation at the North London Forensic Service IXth International Conference, Cambridge, England.
