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
Davey, S., Bell, E., & Halberstadt, J. (2023). Using targeted visceroception to improve interoceptive sensibility and emotion regulation. New Ideas in Psychology, 68, 100989. doi: 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2022.100989
De Salis, H. F., Martin, R., Bell, E., & Newton-Howes, G. (2022). A realist evaluation of residential treatment of adults with substance use disorder: Development of an initial programme theory. Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation & Mental Health. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s40737-022-00290-8
Davey, S., Bell, E., & Halberstadt, J. (2022). Adapting a two-stage water load test to measure gastric sensitivity over time [Brief communication]. Physiology & Behavior, 253, 113856. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2022.113856
Sutton, L., Bell, E., Every-Palmer, S., Weatherall, M., & Skirrow, P. (2022). Survivorship of patients after long intensive care stay with exploration and experience in a New Zealand cohort (SPLIT ENZ): Protocol for a mixed methods study. JMIR Research Protocols, 11(3), e35936. doi: 10.2196/35936
Davey, S., Halberstadt, J., & Bell, E. (2022). Where is an emotion? Greater interference in a gut-focused visceroception group undertaking an emotional stop-signal task. New Ideas in Psychology, 65, 100933. doi: 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2022.100933
Kirwan, J., Bell, E., Louden-Bell, K., & Thomson, M. (2014). Stand by me: Helping your teen through tough times. Auckland, New Zealand: Penguin, 320p.
Authored 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.
Chapter in Book - Research
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.
Chapter in Book - Research
Davey, S., Bell, E., & Halberstadt, J. (2023). Using targeted visceroception to improve interoceptive sensibility and emotion regulation. New Ideas in Psychology, 68, 100989. doi: 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2022.100989
Journal - Research Article
Davey, S., Halberstadt, J., & Bell, E. (2022). Where is an emotion? Greater interference in a gut-focused visceroception group undertaking an emotional stop-signal task. New Ideas in Psychology, 65, 100933. doi: 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2022.100933
Journal - Research Article
De Salis, H. F., Martin, R., Bell, E., & Newton-Howes, G. (2022). A realist evaluation of residential treatment of adults with substance use disorder: Development of an initial programme theory. Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation & Mental Health. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s40737-022-00290-8
Journal - Research Article
Soulié, T., Levack, W., Jenkin, G., Collings, S., & Bell, E. (2022). Learning from clinicians' positive inclination to suicidal patients: A grounded theory model. Death Studies, 46(2), 485-494. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2020.1744201
Journal - Research Article
Davey, S., Halberstadt, J., & Bell, E. (2021). Where is emotional feeling felt in the body? An integrative review. PLoS ONE, 16(12), e0261685. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261685
Journal - Research Article
Every-Palmer, S., Cunningham, R., Jenkins, M., & Bell, E. (2021). The Christchurch mosque shooting, the media, and subsequent gun control reform in New Zealand: A descriptive analysis. Psychiatry, Psychology & Law, 28(2), 274-285. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2020.1770635
Journal - Research Article
Soulié, T., Jenkin, G., Collings, S., & Bell, E. (2021). Relationship between clinicians’ inclination toward patients at risk for suicide (PRS) and self-reported countertransference. Archives of Suicide Research. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/13811118.2021.1972883
Journal - Research Article
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
Journal - Research Article
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
Journal - Research Article
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
Journal - Research Article
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
Journal - Research Article
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
Journal - Research Article
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
Journal - Research Article
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 Article
Davey, S., Bell, E., & Halberstadt, J. (2022). Adapting a two-stage water load test to measure gastric sensitivity over time [Brief communication]. Physiology & Behavior, 253, 113856. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2022.113856
Journal - Research Other
Sutton, L., Bell, E., Every-Palmer, S., Weatherall, M., & Skirrow, P. (2022). Survivorship of patients after long intensive care stay with exploration and experience in a New Zealand cohort (SPLIT ENZ): Protocol for a mixed methods study. JMIR Research Protocols, 11(3), e35936. doi: 10.2196/35936
Journal - Research Other
Little, J. D., & Bell, E. (2021). Anosognosia and schizophrenia: A reminder. Australasian Psychiatry, 29(3), 344-345. doi: 10.1177/1039856220928866
Journal - Research Other
Soulié, T. S. E., Levack, W. M. M., & Bell, E. M. (2021). Barriers to positive outcomes in treating patients at risk of suicide in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Perspectives from ‘positively inclined’ clinicians [Brief report]. Kōtuitui, 16(1), 225-232. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2020.1856148
Journal - Research Other
Sutton-Smith, L., Weatherall, M., Bell, E. M., Every-Palmer, S., & Skirrow, P. (2021). What are the long-term outcomes for New Zealand survivors of critical illness? New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1547), 121-126. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
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
Journal - Research Other
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
Journal - Research Other
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
Journal - Research Other
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
Journal - Research Other
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/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
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/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
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/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
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
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
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/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
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
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
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
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
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 - Published proceedings: Abstract
Fane De Salis, H., Martin, R., Bell, E., & Newton-Howes, G. (2021, September). A realist evaluation of residential treatment of adults with substance use disorder: Promoting equity by understanding what works for whom. Poster session presented at the Achieving Health Equity from Research Conference [Otago Spotlight Series], Wellington, New Zealand.
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 - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Bell, E. (2020, November). The Christchurch mosque shooting and the psychology of "focussing events". Verbal presentation at 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.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Bell, E., Hansby, O., Weatherall, M., Grant, E., Fairley, N. A., & Every-Palmer, S. (2019, October). Characteristics of "special patients": Preliminary findings from a 20-year retrospective cohort study into clinical, functioning and offending outcomes following rehabilitation. Verbal presentation at the Otago Spotlight Series: Mental Health Research, Wellington, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
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.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
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.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
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.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
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.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
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.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
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.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
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.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
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.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
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.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
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.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
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.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Bell, E. M. (2012). Operationalising "theory of mind": The psychometrics of mentalising in schizophrenia (PhD). University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand.
Awarded Doctoral Degree
