Locating for recovery: acute mental health units remain in the shadows
Thursday 2 February 2023 11:14am
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Nau mai, haere mai
Staff in the Department of Psychological Medicine are very enthusiastic about research, teaching and clinical practice.
Our core academic staff includes award-winning psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, a clinical neuropsychologist, social scientists, behaviour change researchers, nurses and service user academics. In addition, our Clinical Senior Lecturer team includes clinicians from across 4 District Health Boards: Hutt Valley, Capital and Coast, Midcentral, and Hawkes Bay.
Our academics are passionate about what they do, with an extensive research programme relating to themes relevant to mental health practice in Aotearoa New Zealand. These themes include:
We take pride in our undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programmes. Undergraduate medical students receive mental health teaching in all three clinical years they spend at the University of Otago, Wellington. We provide a range of postgraduate courses, including the seminar series for doctors training in psychiatry to become fellows of RANZCP (registrars).
Read more about our work in our recent Annual Reports:
Tel +64 4 385 5541 ext 5653
Fax +64 4 389 5725
Email kristy.wilson@otago.ac.nz
Department of Psychological Medicine
University of Otago, Wellington
PO Box 7343
Wellington 6242
New Zealand
Department of Psychological Medicine
Level J
University of Otago, Wellington
23A Mein Street, Newtown
Wellington 6021
New Zealand
Thursday 2 February 2023 11:14am
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