Rate My Professor Marie Crowe

Professor Marie Crowe is a Professor in the Department of Psychological Medicine at the University of Otago, Christchurch, within the Division of Health Sciences. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Canterbury (BA Cant), Master of Nursing from Deakin University (MNurs Deakin), PhD from Griffith University, and is a Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN). Appointed as a full professor in 2019, Crowe has over 40 years of frontline experience as a mental health nurse and psychotherapist. Her research specializations center on psychotherapy and psychosocial interventions for bipolar disorder and other recurrent mood disorders, mental health recovery, qualitative research methods in mental health nursing, and the integration of recovery-oriented practices in psychiatry. She leads research efforts in neurocognitive interventions for mood disorders and supervises postgraduate students exploring the experience of and recovery from psychiatric disorders.

Crowe has made significant contributions to the academic field through her extensive publications, with over 183 papers and more than 4,840 citations. Key works include 'Psychiatry and/or recovery: a critical analysis' published in the International Journal of Mental Health Nursing (2012), 'From expression to symptom to disorder: the psychiatric evolution of self-harm in the DSM' (2014), 'Social rhythm therapy—A potentially translatable psychosocial intervention for bipolar disorder' (2015), 'Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy for Patients With Major Depressive Disorder' in the American Journal of Psychotherapy (2019), 'The experience of mood disorder and substance use: An integrative review' (2023), and a recent series on qualitative research in mental health nursing in the Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing (2024), including 'Qualitative Research Part 1: Understanding Its Place in Mental Health Nursing', 'Part 2: Conducting qualitative research', and 'Part 3: Publication'. Her research influences clinical practice by emphasizing psychosocial treatments beyond medication for mood disorders. Crowe serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Mental Health Nursing and is recognized as an expert in psychological medicine.