Rate My Professor Debbie Peterson

Peterson has made substantial contributions through co-authored peer-reviewed publications utilizing national population data. Key works include Peterson, D., Imlach, F., & Cunningham, R. (2025). Mental health and aging in New Zealand: mixed-methods analysis of experiences of healthcare from a survey of older adults with mental health conditions, published in Kōtuitui; Cunningham, R., Carr, G., Every-Palmer, S., Peterson, D. et al. (2025). Place of death for people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in New Zealand: A national retrospective cohort study, Journal of Palliative Care; Cunningham, R., Artus, J., Imlach, F., Stanley, J., Haitana, T., Lockett, H., Peterson, D., & Gerard, C. (2024). Primary care experience in people with mental health conditions: Results from a national patient experience survey, New Zealand Medical Journal; Wilson, M., Cram, F., Gibb, S., Gray, S., McLeod, K., Peterson, D., & Lockett, H. (2024). The impact of Individual Placement and Support on employment, health and social outcomes: Quasi-experimental evidence from Aotearoa New Zealand, New Zealand Medical Journal. Earlier publications feature Cunningham, R., Peterson, D. et al. (2014). Premature mortality in adults using New Zealand psychiatric services; Cunningham, R., Peterson, D. et al. (2019). Prediction of cardiovascular disease risk among people with severe mental illness; and Cunningham, R., Sarfati, D., Peterson, D. et al. (2016). Like Minds, Like Mine: Seventeen Years of Countering Stigma. Her research addresses diagnostic overshadowing, discrimination in physical healthcare, acute mental health facility design, and cancer experiences in the context of mental illness.