Rate My Professor Caroline Bell

University of Otago

Medicine Psychology Psychiatry & Psychology Clinical Psychology Neuroscience Neuropsychology Abnormal Psychology Health Psychology Positive Psychology

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5.04/23/2026

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Professor Caroline Bell is a Professor in the Department of Psychological Medicine at the University of Otago, Christchurch, Faculty of Medicine, and Head of the Mental Health Clinical Research Unit. She holds the degrees BM BCh from the University of Oxford, MA from the University of Cambridge, MRCPsych from London, and MD from the University of Bristol. A psychiatrist by training, her research specializations focus on the psychological and neurobiological effects of major traumatic events, including the 2010/2011 Canterbury earthquakes and the 2019 Christchurch mosque terrorist attacks. She investigates the full spectrum of responses, from earthquake-related distress and post-traumatic stress disorder to resilience and post-traumatic growth, incorporating factors such as religious coping, culture, spirituality, brain changes from trauma, mental health service utilization after disasters, and the effectiveness of psychological interventions such as cognitive behavioural therapy.