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2026

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National Ranking
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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

Overview

Roger T. Mulder is affiliated with the University of Otago in New Zealand and has contributed extensively to research in medicine and psychology. Their work spans across multiple subfields including clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, pharmacology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and philosophy.

Their main topics of research include:

  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access

Mulder's frequent co-authors include:

  • Richard Porter
  • Gin S. Malhi
  • Erica Bell
  • Darryl Bassett
  • Philip Boyce

The researcher has published numerous papers, with some notable recent works being:

  • The 2020 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists clinical practice guidelines for mood disorders (2020), published in Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
  • The 2020 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of psychiatrists clinical practice guidelines for mood disorders: Bipolar disorder summary (2020), published in Bipolar Disorders
  • Development and initial evaluation of the ICD-11 personality disorder severity scale: PDS-ICD-11 (2021), published in Personality and Mental Health
  • The 2020 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists clinical practice guidelines for mood disorders: Major depression summary (2020), published in Bipolar Disorders
  • Cognitive side-effects of electroconvulsive therapy: what are they, how to monitor them and what to tell patients (2020), published in BJPsych Open

Their work is frequently published in the following venues:

  • Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
  • Bipolar Disorders
  • New Zealand Medical Journal
  • The British Journal of Psychiatry
  • BJPsych Open

In addition to journal articles, Mulder has contributed to book publications with Cambridge University Press, including:

  • Personality Disorder (2022)
  • Making Sense of the ICD-11 (2023)

Best Publications

  • Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists clinical practice guidelines for mood disorders

    Gin S Malhi;Darryl L Bassett;Philip Boyce;Richard Bryant

  • 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

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

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

  • The 2020 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists clinical practice guidelines for mood disorders

    Gin S Malhi;Gin S Malhi;Erica Bell;Erica Bell;Darryl Bassett;Philip Boyce;Philip Boyce

  • Personality Pathology and Treatment Outcome in Major Depression: A Review

    Roger T. Mulder

  • Psychological distress and psychiatric disorder after natural disasters: systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Ben Beaglehole;Roger T Mulder;Chris M Frampton;Joseph M Boden

  • 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

  • Treatment of personality disorder

    Anthony W Bateman;Anthony W Bateman;Anthony W Bateman;John Gunderson;Roger Mulder

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

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

  • Impact of a major disaster on the mental health of a well-studied cohort.

    David M. Fergusson;L. John Horwood;Joseph M. Boden;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

  • The Development of the ICD-11 Classification of Personality Disorders: An Amalgam of Science, Pragmatism, and Politics.

    Peter Tyrer;Roger Mulder;Youl-Ri Kim;Mike J Crawford

  • Temperament predicts clomipramine and desipramine response in major depression

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

  • The rationale for the reclassification of personality disorder in the 11th revision of the international classification of diseases (ICD‐11).

    Peter Tyrer;Mike Crawford;Roger Mulder;Roger Blashfield

  • 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

  • The impact on students of adverse experiences during medical school

    Tim J Wilkinson;Denzil J Gill;Julie Fitzjohn;Claire L Palmer

  • INFLUENCE OF PERSONALITY ON THE OUTCOME OF TREATMENT IN DEPRESSION: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS

    Giles Newton-Howes;Giles Newton-Howes;Peter Tyrer;Tony Johnson;Roger Mulder

  • The use of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a pilot study.

    C Dowson;R Laing;R Barraclough;I Town

  • Common versus specific factors in psychotherapy: opening the black box.

    Roger Mulder;Greg Murray;Julia Rucklidge

  • Clinical practice recommendations for bipolar disorder.

    G. S. Malhi;G. S. Malhi;D. Adams;L. Lampe;L. Lampe;M. Paton

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter R. Joyce
Peter R. Joyce University of Otago
Richard J Porter
Richard J Porter University of Otago
Suzanne E. Luty
Suzanne E. Luty University of Otago
Janet D. Carter
Janet D. Carter University of Canterbury
Gordon Parker
Gordon Parker University of New South Wales
Peter Tyrer
Peter Tyrer Imperial College London
Patrick F. Sullivan
Patrick F. Sullivan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Julia J. Rucklidge
Julia J. Rucklidge University of Canterbury
Annette L. Beautrais
Annette L. Beautrais University of Canterbury
Greg Murray
Greg Murray Swinburne University of Technology

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