Rate My Professor Don Smith

Don Smith is a Research Associate in the Department of Psychological Medicine (Wellington) at the University of Otago, Dunedin. He earned an MA (Honours) and a Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Psychology. In addition, he serves as Managing Director at Rataora Ltd, focusing on client-centric case management software equipped with screening systems for alcohol use disorders and depressive disorders.

Don Smith's research specializations include psychiatry, mental illness, clinical psychiatry, depression, mental disorders, mental health, alcohol use disorders, and the recognition and management of suicide. His key publications encompass a range of topics in mental health guidelines, childhood maltreatment effects, and treatment protocols. These include 'Lessons from export to New Zealand of the second opinion appointed doctor scheme' (2018), 'Mandatory Second Opinions on Compulsory Treatment' (2013), 'A Population Study of Childhood Maltreatment and Asthma Diagnosis: Differential Associations Between Child Protection Database Versus Retrospective Self-Reported Data' (2012), 'Scott KM, McLaughlin KA, Smith DA, Ellis PM. Childhood maltreatment and DSM-IV adult mental disorders: comparison of prospective and retrospective findings. Br J Psychiatry 200: 469-475' (2012), 'Prospectively Ascertained Child Maltreatment and Its Association With DSM-IV Mental Disorders in Young Adults' (2010), 'Summary of Guideline for the Treatment of Depression' (2009), 'Death and serious injury from assault of children aged under 5 years in Aotearoa New Zealand: A review of international literature and recent findings' (2009), 'Evidence-Based Guidelines: Response to Professor Gordon Parker's Critique' (2004), 'Australian and New Zealand Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Depression' (2004), 'Treating depression: The beyondblue guidelines for treating depression in primary care: "Not so much what you do but that you keep doing it"' (2002), and 'Predicting the demand for treatment services for pathological and problem gambling' (2001).