J. Douglas Sellman

Professor
Psychological Medicine
Otago University
New Zealand

Professor Psychiatry
Biography

MB ChB PhD (Otago) FRANZCP FAChAM Doug Sellman has been working in the addiction treatment field since 1985. He has been Director of the National Addiction Centre, Christchurch School of Medicine & Health Sciences since its inception in 1996 and Professor within the University of Otago since 2006. His clinical work since 1994 has been as consultant psychiatrist to the alcohol and drug stream of the Youth Specialty Service in Christchurch.

Research Intrest

Psychosocial enhancement of the Green Prescription for obesity recovery

List of Publications
Amer Nordin, A. S., Adamson, S. J., & Sellman, J. D. (2017). Food addiction does not explain weight gain in smoking cessation. Journal of Smoking Cessation. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1017/jsc.2017.4
Sellman, D., Connor, J., Robinson, G., & McBride, S. (2017). Alcohol reform – New Zealand style: Reflections on the process from 1984 to 2012. Psychotherapy & Politics International, 15(1), e1398. doi: 10.1002/ppi.1398
Sellman, D., Schroder, R., Deering, D., Elmslie, J., Foulds, J., & Frampton, C. (2017). Psychosocial enhancement of the Green Prescription for obesity recovery: A randomised controlled trial. New Zealand Medical Journal, 130(1450), 44-54. Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal/
Adams, P. J., Sellman, D., Newcombe, D., Adamson, S., White, S., Deering, D., & Todd, F. (2017). Postgraduate alcohol and other drug practitioner training in New Zealand: Significant influences. Journal of Studies on Alcohol & Drugs. Advance online publication. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2017.78.468