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Bridgette Thwaites serves as Assistant Research Fellow in the Department of Psychological Medicine at the University of Otago, Christchurch, within the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Division. She holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy and brings expertise in clinical pharmacy, psychopharmacology, and patient safety to her research. Her academic interests center on mental health, particularly mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder. Thwaites investigates patient experiences, functioning in mood disorders, treatment-resistant depression, substance use alongside mood disorders, innovative psychotherapies, peer-led mental health services, cognitive interventions, and pharmacotherapies including ketamine for depression. Her work often employs qualitative methods like meta-syntheses and integrative reviews to capture lived experiences and inform clinical practice.