Rate My Professor Maree Inder

Maree L. Inder is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Psychological Medicine at the University of Otago, Christchurch, part of the Faculty of Medicine. She earned her Bachelor of Health Sciences (BHSc) and Master of Health Sciences (MHealSc) from the University of Otago, a Diploma in Social Work (DipSocWk) from the University of Canterbury, and a PhD from the University of Otago in 2009. Her doctoral thesis examined identity shifts in individuals with bipolar disorder. In her career at the University of Otago, Inder has contributed significantly to clinical research on mood disorders, serving as a supervisor for postgraduate opportunities in psychotherapy for mood disorders and interventions to enhance functioning, including psychotherapy, neurocognitive, and family interventions.

Inder's research focuses on treating bipolar disorders and recurrent mood disorders to promote symptomatic, functional, and personal recovery. Her interests include adjunctive psychotherapies, particularly Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy (IPSRT), cognitive remediation, chronotherapy, medication adherence factors, developmental effects of bipolar disorder, suicide prevention, and implementation of therapies in clinical settings. Utilizing quantitative and qualitative methods, she has led and collaborated on randomized controlled trials, feasibility studies, and systematic reviews. Key publications encompass 'Living Well With Bipolar Disorder: The Approaches Required to Achieve Long-Term Stability' (Hamilton & Inder, 2025, Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing), 'Three-year follow-up after psychotherapy for young people with bipolar disorder' (Inder et al., 2018, Bipolar Disorders), 'Clinical Effectiveness Trial of Adjunctive Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy for Patients With Bipolar Disorder' (Inder et al., 2020), and ''It wouldn't be me if I didn't have bipolar disorder': managing the shift in self-identity with bipolar disorder' (Inder et al., 2011). She is the current recipient of the Gama Fellowship in Bipolar Disorder, Co-chair of the Australasian Society for Bipolar & Depressive Disorders, and a member of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders taskforce on chronotherapy and chronobiology. Her scholarship, cited over 2800 times on Google Scholar, advances evidence-based practices for mood disorder management.