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New Zealand
2026

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2004 - Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Overview

Peter R. Joyce is affiliated with the University of Otago in New Zealand. Their research primarily spans the fields of social sciences and psychology, with specific focus on subfields such as sociology and political science, clinical psychology, and law.

Their scholarly output includes publications in topics related to criminal justice and corrections analysis, eating disorders and behaviors, crime, illicit activities, and governance, as well as discrimination and equality law.

Frequent coauthors in their research include:

  • Wendy Laverick
  • Sarah Rowe
  • Jennifer Jordan
  • Virginia V. W. McIntosh
  • F.A. Carter

Their work has appeared in various publication venues, including:

  • UNC Libraries

Among their recent papers is "Complex personality disorder in bulimia nervosa," published in 2021 in UNC Libraries.

Peter R. Joyce has been recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand since 2004.

Best Publications

  • Cross-national epidemiology of major depression and bipolar disorder

    M. M. Weissman;R. C. Bland;G. J. Canino;C. Faravelli

  • Prevalence and comorbidity of mental disorders in persons making serious suicide attempts: a case-control study.

    Annette L. Beautrais;Peter R. Joyce;Roger T. Mulder;David M. Fergusson

  • Sex differences in rates of depression: cross-national perspectives

    Myrna M. Weissman;R. Bland;P. R. Joyce;Susan Newman

  • Prevalence of suicide ideation and suicide attempts in nine countries.

    Myrna M. Weissman;R. C. Bland;G. J. Canino;S. Greenwald

  • The Cross-national Epidemiology of Panic Disorder

    M M Weissman;R C Bland;G J Canino;C Faravelli

  • Three psychotherapies for anorexia nervosa: a randomized, controlled trial.

    Virginia V.W. McIntosh;Jennifer Jordan;Frances A. Carter;Suzanne E. Luty

  • Risk factors for serious suicide attempts among youths aged 13 through 24 years.

    Annette L. Beautrais;Peter R. Joyce;Roger T. Mulder

  • Eating disorders and antecedent anxiety disorders: a controlled study

    C. M. Bulik;P. F. Sullivan;J. I. Fear;P. R. Joyce

  • Christchurch Psychiatric Epidemiology Study, Part I: Methodology and lifetime prevalence for specific psychiatric disorders.

    J E Wells;J A Bushnell;A R Hornblow;P R Joyce

  • Relationship Between Dissociation, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Childhood Physical Abuse, and Mental Illness in a General Population Sample

    Roger T. Mulder;Annette L. Beautrais;Peter R. Joyce;David M. Fergusson

  • Predictors of drug response in depression.

    Peter R. Joyce;Eugene S. Paykel

  • Personality Traits and Cognitive Styles as Risk Factors for Serious Suicide Attempts among Young People

    Annette L. Beautrais;Peter R. Joyce;Roger T. Mulder

  • Precipitating Factors and Life Events in Serious Suicide Attempts Among Youths Aged 13 Through 24 Years

    Annette L. Beautrais;Peter R. Joyce;Roger T. Mulder

  • Gender differences in bipolar disorder: age of onset, course, comorbidity, and symptom presentation.

    Izabela Kawa;Janet D Carter;Peter R Joyce;Caroline J Doughty

  • Age of onset in bipolar affective disorder and misdiagnosis as schizophrenia.

    Peter R. Joyce

  • Temperament predicts clomipramine and desipramine response in major depression

    Peter R. Joyce;Roger T. Mulder;C.Robert Cloninger

  • Randomised controlled trial of interpersonal psychotherapy and cognitive-behavioural therapy for depression.

    Suzanne E Luty;Janet D Carter;Janice M McKenzie;Alma M Rae

  • A common P-glycoprotein polymorphism is associated with nortriptyline-induced postural hypotension in patients treated for major depression

    R L Roberts;P R Joyce;R T Mulder;E J Begg

  • Christchurch Psychiatric Epidemiology Study, Part II: Six month and other period prevalences of specific psychiatric disorders.

    Mark A. Oakley-Browne;Peter R. Joyce;J. Elisabeth Wells;John A. Bushnell

  • The long-term efficacy of three psychotherapies for anorexia nervosa: a randomized, controlled trial.

    Frances A. Carter;Jennifer Jordan;Virginia V.W. McIntosh;Suzanne E. Luty

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger T. Mulder
Roger T. Mulder University of Otago
Suzanne E. Luty
Suzanne E. Luty University of Otago
Chris Frampton
Chris Frampton University of Otago
Janet D. Carter
Janet D. Carter University of Canterbury
Virginia V.W. McIntosh
Virginia V.W. McIntosh University of Canterbury
Cynthia M. Bulik
Cynthia M. Bulik University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Patrick F. Sullivan
Patrick F. Sullivan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Richard J Porter
Richard J Porter University of Otago
Annette L. Beautrais
Annette L. Beautrais University of Canterbury
C. Robert Cloninger
C. Robert Cloninger Washington University in St. Louis

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