Professor Nicholas Procter RN, BA, Grad Dip Adult Ed, MBA, PhD, MACN, MACMHN, MAICD
I am Professorial Discipline Lead Nursing, Professor of Nursing and Chair: Mental Health Nursing, Clinical and Health Sciences. Much of my day-to-day work involves teaching, research and co-leading initiatives with government and non-government partners to realise the substantial short-term and long-term benefits that can be gained from academic-industry engagement. The strategic intent is to partner with people and organisations who can use research evidence and lived experience to co-design person centred care to improve mental health and decrease suicidal suffering and death. I currently serve as Australia's national... Read more
About me
Professor Nicholas Procter RN, BA, Grad Dip Adult Ed, MBA, PhD, MACN, MACMHN, MAICD
I am Professorial Discipline Lead Nursing, Professor of Nursing and Chair: Mental Health Nursing, Clinical and Health Sciences. Much of my day-to-day work involves teaching, research and co-leading initiatives with government and non-government partners to realise the substantial short-term and long-term benefits that can be gained from academic-industry engagement. The strategic intent is to partner with people and organisations who can use research evidence and lived experience to co-design person centred care to improve mental health and decrease suicidal suffering and death. I currently serve as Australia's national representative to the International Association for Suicide Prevention.
I have previously held senior independent advisory roles, including to the Office of the Prime Minister’s National Suicide Prevention Taskforce, National Mental Health Commission, Commonwealth Ombudsman, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and to the Ministers Council for Asylum Seekers and Detention. Committed to lifelong learning, I have completed advanced education in Trauma Informed Practice with the United States Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). I have also completed advanced training as a Psychological Autopsy Investigator and a Suicide Death Investigator with the American Association of Suicidology.
I’m not afraid of leaning into complex and nuanced situations to create impact. My leadership style is inclusive, collaborative and strategic. People and their lived experience are central to the work I do. Most importantly, the knowledge and insights gained by bringing together people with lived and living experience of mental distress and suicide, their loved ones, clinicians, policy makers and academic faculty. Deep scholarship, connectivity and diffusion of the insights through publication, practice and policy development are central to my community engagement strategy. I am also author of more than 300 academic outputs. Many are listed on my ORCiD profile. My latest book ‘Mental Health: A Person-centred Approach’ (published in its 3rd edition by Cambridge University Press in 2022), is a standard textbook in Australia and is well known internationally. A 4th edition is currently in preparation.
Updates arising from my work are posted on Bluesky @nicholasprocter.bsky.social
Awards and Honours
Australia's National Representative, International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP)
Ministerial Citation for Suicide Prevention Education, Department for Correctional Services, SA
National Educational Publishing Award
Dr Margaret Tobin Award, SA Health Mental Health Excellence Awards
SA Health Partnering with Lived Experience Award, Mental Health Excellence Awards
SA Health Nursing Excellence Award, Nursing Education, SA Health
Suicide Prevention Australia National LiFE Award 'Communities in Action'
Suicide Prevention Australia South Australia Awards 'Best Practice in Workplace'
Suicide Prevention Australia South Australia Awards 'Communities in Action'
About me
About me
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 17/01/2025 |
What should I do if I can’t see a psychiatrist?, https://theconversation.com/what-should-i-do-if-i-cant-see-a-psychiatrist-247453 |
| 14/10/2024 |
How to look after your mental health right now if you have family in the Middle East or another conflict zone, https://theconversation.com/how-to-look-after-your-mental-health-right-now-if-you-have-family-in-the-middle-east-or-another-conflict-zone-240995 |
| 24/05/2023 |
Hallucinations in the movies tend to be about chaos, violence and mental distress. But they can be positive too, https://theconversation.com/hallucinations-in-the-movies-tend-to-be-about-chaos-violence-and-mental-distress-but-they-can-be-positive-too-204547 |
| 15/05/2023 |
Government must use trauma-informed approach to end uncertainty on refugee visa applications, https://theconversation.com/government-must-use-trauma-informed-approach-to-end-uncertainty-on-refugee-visa-applications-203758 |
| 30/06/2022 |
Australia’s temporary visa system is unfair, expensive, impractical and inconsistent. Here’s how the new government could fix it, https://theconversation.com/australias-temporary-visa-system-is-unfair-expensive-impractical-and-inconsistent-heres-how-the-new-government-could-fix-it-185870 |
| 01/03/2022 |
Torn between worlds, Ukrainian Australians are feeling the mental health impacts of war. Here’s how to help, https://theconversation.com/torn-between-worlds-ukrainian-australians-are-feeling-the-mental-health-impacts-of-war-heres-how-to-help-178020 |
| 31/08/2021 |
The situation in Afghanistan is beyond horrifying: this is what you can do to help, https://theconversation.com/the-situation-in-afghanistan-is-beyond-horrifying-this-is-what-you-can-do-to-help-166816 |
| 15/06/2021 |
Biloela family to be released into community detention - what happens now?, https://theconversation.com/biloela-family-to-be-released-into-community-detention-what-happens-now-162661 |
| 08/06/2021 |
As a young child is evacuated from detention, could this see the Biloela Tamil family go free?, https://theconversation.com/as-a-young-child-is-evacuated-from-detention-could-this-see-the-biloela-tamil-family-go-free-162289 |
| 19/09/2019 |
How the Biloela Tamil family deportation case highlights the failures of our refugee system, https://theconversation.com/how-the-biloela-tamil-family-deportation-case-highlights-the-failures-of-our-refugee-system-123685 |
| 13/02/2019 |
Explainer: how will the ‘medevac’ bill actually affect ill asylum seekers?, https://theconversation.com/explainer-how-will-the-medevac-bill-actually-affect-ill-asylum-seekers-111645 |
| 01/12/2016 |
Hope, certainty and trust: issues abound in US refugee resettlement deal, https://theconversation.com/hope-certainty-and-trust-issues-abound-in-us-refugee-resettlement-deal-69625 |
| 19/01/2015 |
Manus Island hunger strikes are a call to Australia’s conscience, https://theconversation.com/manus-island-hunger-strikes-are-a-call-to-australias-conscience-36419 |
| 08/12/2014 |
‘Fast track’ asylum processing risks fairness for efficiency, https://theconversation.com/fast-track-asylum-processing-risks-fairness-for-efficiency-35146 |
About me
Doctor of Philosophy Flinders University
Master of Business Administration University of South Australia
Graduate Diploma of Adult and Community Education University of South Australia
Bachelor of Arts (Sociology) Flinders University
Registered General Nurse North Western Adelaide Health Service
Certificate of Advanced Clinical Nursing Flinders Medical Centre
Registered Psychiatric Nurse South Australian Mental Health Service
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Mates in Construction Scholarship, Mates in Construction, 09/10/2024 - 30/09/2027
SA Health Scholarship, SA Health, 01/03/2019 - 31/12/2025
Review and Translation of Best Practice Evidence for Compassion Based Suicide Prevention for the DVA Open Arms Division Staff, Cwth Dept of Veterans' Affairs, 30/07/2025 - 10/12/2025
Open Arms – Veteran & Families Counselling (Open Arms), Cwth Dept of Veterans' Affairs, 31/03/2025 - 01/10/2025
Workforce training for Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture Inc staff working with suicidality, risk and safety planning, Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture Inc, 01/10/2024 - 30/06/2025
SA Community Suicide Postvention Rapid Review and Environmental Scan, Preventive Health SA, 15/05/2024 - 05/08/2024
Crisis response in mental health care, Neami National, 01/02/2021 - 31/07/2024
Uniting SA Scholarship, Uniting SA, 01/03/2019 - 31/08/2022
National Mental Health Commission 'Spotlight' Report on Person Centred and Person Led Care Concepts Used in Mental Health, National Mental Health Commission, 01/07/2021 - 31/07/2022
Evaluation of Connecting with People training for South Australian Health Professionals, 4 Mental Health Ltd, 01/02/2018 - 31/07/2021
CHSA PHN Suicide Prevention Evaluation, SA Rural Health Network Limited, 31/10/2020 - 30/06/2021
Development of Learned Experience (LE) workforce to examine and describe how LE advocacy and leadership embedded within the mental health system can be defined, recognised and utilised in South Austra, Fay Fuller Foundation, 01/04/2019 - 30/06/2021
CVC Mental Health Pilot, Cwth Dept of Veterans' Affairs, 03/01/2018 - 31/12/2020
Engagement of Professor Nicholas Procter by 4 Mental Health Ltd, 4 Mental Health Ltd, 04/08/2020 - 31/12/2020
Open Minds Alliance CIC Scholarship, Open Minds Alliance CIC, 01/01/2017 - 30/05/2020
Supporting refugee and asylum seeker survivors of torture and trauma in the context of prolonged and indefinite detention and uncertainty, including regional processing environments., Overseas Services to Survivors of Torture and Trauma, 12/08/2019 - 30/03/2020
Help-seeking of emergency service first responders for mental health concerns, The Road Home (formerly the Repat Foundation), 01/07/2017 - 30/06/2019
Are young adults aware of the long-lasting consequences of methamphetamine ('ICE') use on all health & would knowledge of a visible long-lasting consequence decrease use of the drug?, Fay Fuller Foundation, 06/03/2017 - 30/06/2019
Independent review on literature on evidence to advance a mental health workforce strategy and development of a protocol to evaluate state-wide mental health nursing workforce strategy, SA Health, 01/04/2019 - 07/06/2019
Systematic Literature Review: What are the barriers and enablers of psychological well-being in refugees and asylum seekers/displaced people?, HOST International, 04/01/2018 - 31/07/2018
SA Health Chair in Mental Health Nursing, SA Dept of Health, 01/01/2009 - 30/06/2018
Survivors of Torture and Trauma Assistance and Rehabilitation Services Training, Survivors of Torture and Trauma Assistance and Rehabilitation Services, 27/02/2018 - 30/04/2018
Association for Services to Torture and Trauma Survivors Engagement of Professor Nicholas Procter for 2 day training course, Association for Services to Torture and Trauma Survivors, 16/02/2018 - 30/03/2018
Design of a Research Methodology for Suicide Prevention Research, SA Health, 01/07/2016 - 30/06/2017
Developing a research protocol for evaluation of a suicide prevention network, Local Government Association of South Australia, 10/10/2016 - 31/03/2017
Unexpected but Important: A mixed methods inquiry into the positive workplace effects of suicide prevention education and training, Mates in Construction, 11/03/2016 - 31/01/2017
2023-2024 Professor Nicholas Procter. The SA Health Mental Health Nursing Clinical Supervision Mentorship Program and Commuity of Practice. SA Health.
2022-2023 Professor Nicholas Procter. Development and delivery of the SA Health Mental Health Nursing Clinical Supervision Mentorship Program. Nursing and Midwifery Office, SA Health.
2022-2023 Professor Nicholas Procter, Dr Mark Loughhead, Dr Davi Macedo. A review of evidence of drivers of suicide and self-harming behaviour for transgendered and gender diverse youth from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, with recommendations for system wide response. Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, SA Health.
2021-2022 Professor Nicholas Procter. Rapid review of evidence on trauma-informed suicide prevention. Suicide Prevention Australia.
2020-2024 Professor Nicholas Procter. Exploring the conceptual and service-based interface between public health and the disability sector. Mind Australia.
2020 Professor Nicholas Procter. Provision of confidential rapid advice in response to Australia's bushfire crisis. Wellbeing SA.
2019-2023 Professor Nicholas Procter. Suicidal ideation and suicide response among workers in the Australian construction industry. MATES in Construction.
2016 Dr Monika Ferguson, Professor Nicholas Procter. Design of a Research Methodology for Suicide Prevention Research. SA Health.
2016 Professor Nicholas Procter. Refugee and asylum seeker suicide an self-harm prevention, mental distress and supportive engagement. Commonwealth Government of Australia.
2016 Professor Nicholas Procter, Dr Jonathan Crichton, Dr Andrew Champion, Mr John Strachan, Professor Libby Roughhead. When should a client’s case be closed in a community mental health setting? University of South Australia Research Themes Investment Scheme.
2016 Professor Nicholas Procter. Expert Consultation: Teachers working with students of refugee and asylum seeker background. Teacher's Health Foundation, Sydney, Australia.
2015-18 Professor Nicholas Procter. Lived Experience: Teaching, research and community engagement in mental health. Mind Australia.
2015-16 Professor Nicholas Procter and A/Professor Martin Jones, Dr Monika Ferguson, Ms Lee Martinez, Ms Kathryn Cronin, Ms Lynne James, and A/Professor Jim Dollman. Distress Management, Mental Deterioration and Suicide Risk: A Rural and Regional Intervention and Workforce Development Initiative. University of South Australia University Department of Rural Health.
2016 Dr Raymond Choo, Dr Barbara Spears, Professor Nicholas Procter, Dr Carmel Taddeo, Dr Colette Langos, Dr Lesley-Anne Ey. A public health approach to dealing with sexting. University of South Australia, Research Themes Investment Scheme.
2013-14 HELFIMED Pilot: Healthy Eating for LiFe wIth a MEDiterranean style diet - dietary intervention under development to investigate influences of healthy dietary patterns on mental and physical health, in collaboration with Dr Natalie Parletta (project leader) Dr Andrea Gordon, Professor Kerin O'Dea and A/Professor Catherine Itsiopoulos; and John Strachan, Dr Andrew Champion, Matt Ballestrin and Janine Compton (Noarlunga Health Services).
2011-14 Professor Charlotte F de Crespigny, Professor Cherrie A Galletly, Professor Nicholas Procter, A/Professor John R Moss, Ms Catherine E Rowlands, Dr Dennis T Liu, Dr Panayiotis Tyllis, Mr Alwin J Chong, Ms Debra Lee. Stopping the run around: Co-morbidity action in the North CAN. Australian Research Council Linkage Project Grant (ARC-ID No 110100087).
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
Open access
6
6
384
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| 2023 |
Open access
7
7
9
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| 2023 |
Open access
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| 2023 |
Open access
7
7
44
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| 2023 |
Open access
2
2
84
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2017 |
2
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2019 |
Open access
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| 2019 |
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| 2017 |
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| 2017 |
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| 2016 |
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| 2016 |
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| 2015 |
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| 2014 |
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| 2011 |
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| 2009 |
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2025 |
Open access
1
1
8
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| 2025 |
Open access
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| 2024 |
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| 2024 |
Open access
2
1
5
|
| 2024 |
Open access
11
|
| 2024 |
Open access
2
2
5
|
| 2024 |
Open access
2
2
6
|
| 2024 |
Open access
1
1
3
|
| 2024 |
Open access
3
2
3
|
| 2024 |
Open access
1
1
53
|
| 2024 |
Open access
6
|
| 2024 |
2
2
17
|
| 2024 |
Open access
2
1
56
|
| 2024 |
Open access
3
|
| 2024 |
Open access
3
5
9
|
| 2024 |
Open access
2
1
24
|
| 2024 |
Open access
4
4
11
|
| 2024 |
Open access
12
9
15
|
| 2023 |
9
9
3
|
| 2023 |
Open access
6
6
384
|
| 2023 |
Open access
7
7
9
|
| 2023 |
Open access
4
4
53
|
| 2023 |
Open access
7
7
44
|
| 2023 |
Open access
2
2
84
|
| 2023 |
Open access
13
12
12
|
| 2022 |
6
4
6
|
| 2022 |
Open access
5
5
9
|
| 2022 |
Open access
4
4
33
|
| 2022 |
Open access
1
1
1
|
| 2022 |
6
7
12
|
| 2022 |
Open access
12
9
27
|
| 2022 |
Open access
10
8
31
|
| 2022 |
Open access
9
9
27
|
| 2022 |
Open access
7
6
46
|
| 2022 |
Open access
9
4
31
|
| 2022 |
Open access
12
10
16
|
| 2021 |
Open access
80
79
124
|
| 2021 |
Open access
4
9
|
| 2021 |
Open access
4
4
10
|
| 2021 |
Open access
3
3
78
|
| 2020 |
Open access
13
11
55
|
| 2020 |
Open access
17
|
| 2020 |
Open access
12
10
38
|
| 2020 |
Open access
48
47
125
|
| 2020 |
Open access
24
|
| 2020 |
Open access
8
8
12
|
| 2020 |
Open access
16
13
16
|
| 2020 |
Open access
30
30
22
|
| 2020 |
Open access
23
24
27
|
| 2019 |
Open access
13
12
23
|
| 2019 |
Open access
9
7
41
|
| 2019 |
Open access
11
11
22
|
| 2019 |
Open access
8
7
40
|
| 2019 |
Open access
25
24
20
|
| 2019 |
Open access
61
57
49
|
| 2018 |
Open access
11
13
64
|
| 2018 |
15
13
6
|
| 2018 |
Open access
18
17
31
|
| 2018 |
18
17
23
|
| 2018 |
Open access
13
12
20
|
| 2018 |
Open access
56
42
187
|
| 2018 |
Open access
26
25
45
|
| 2018 |
Open access
41
37
54
|
| 2017 |
Open access
48
48
21
|
| 2017 |
11
8
2
|
| 2017 |
29
28
16
|
| 2016 |
Open access
22
17
26
|
| 2016 |
Open access
24
23
23
|
| 2016 |
1
|
| 2016 |
14
13
6
|
| 2016 |
Open access
10
11
7
|
| 2016 |
Open access
6
12
|
| 2016 |
Open access
2
18
|
| 2016 |
12
12
7
|
| 2016 |
Open access
39
34
19
|
| 2016 |
Open access
9
7
32
|
| 2016 |
Open access
17
17
6
|
| 2015 |
Open access
17
14
9
|
| 2015 |
3
3
1
|
| 2015 |
14
11
|
| 2015 |
Open access
2
|
| 2015 |
Open access
|
| 2015 |
Open access
33
29
8
|
| 2015 |
38
28
20
|
| 2015 |
17
16
1
|
| 2015 |
30
29
5
|
| 2015 |
Open access
|
| 2015 |
Open access
|
| 2015 |
Open access
|
| 2015 |
Open access
1
4
15
|
| 2015 |
Open access
6
7
14
|
| 2014 |
21
17
|
| 2014 |
13
12
|
| 2014 |
Open access
54
51
|
| 2014 |
6
|
| 2014 |
Open access
|
| 2013 |
Open access
10
9
|
| 2013 |
2
3
|
| 2013 |
14
10
|
| 2013 |
Open access
2
1
|
| 2013 |
3
3
|
| 2013 |
Open access
90
84
|
| 2013 |
Open access
42
42
|
| 2013 |
30
|
| 2011 |
5
2
|
| 2011 |
29
28
|
| 2011 |
|
| 2011 |
12
10
|
| 2011 |
6
2
|
| 2010 |
12
9
|
| 2010 |
2
|
| 2010 |
15
13
|
| 2009 |
Open access
25
|
| 2009 |
107
95
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| 2008 |
14
16
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| 2008 |
1
1
|
| 2008 |
1
1
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| 2015 |
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| 2014 |
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| 2019 |
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| 2024 |
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| 2023 |
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| 2023 |
Open access
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| 2023 |
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| 2022 |
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| 2022 |
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| 2021 |
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| 2021 |
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| 2021 |
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| 2021 |
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| 2020 |
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| 2020 |
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| 2017 |
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The Conversation
Conference presentations
Editorials
Edited Books
Books and chapters
Research
2017 Dr Margaret Tobin Award Mental Health Excellence Awards, SA Health
2016 Refugees and asylum seekers research consortium
Prof Sverre Varvin, Faculty of Health, Department of Nursing and Health Promotion. Oslo and Akershus University College (Chair); A/Prof Mette Sagbakken, Faculty of Health, Department of Nursing and Health Promotion. Oslo and Akershus University College; Prof Nicholas Procter, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of South Australia; Prof Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber, Sigmund Freud institute, Frankfurt, Universität Kassel, Germany; Prof Vladimir Jovic, Faculty of Philosophy University of Prishtina Kosovska Mitrovica; Ms Biljana Petrovic, Executive Director, International Aid Network IAN, Belgrade, Serbia; Prof Stephan Hau, Institute of psychology, University of Stockholm; Dr Roberta Sammut, Head of Department, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta; Tamara Fischmann, Sigmund Freud institute, Frankfurt. International Psychoanalytic University, Berlin.
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Aalborg University | DENMARK |
| Aboriginal Health Council SA | AUSTRALIA |
| Adelaide Metro Mental Health Directorate | AUSTRALIA |
| Adelaide Metro Mental Health Services | AUSTRALIA |
| Australian Catholic University | AUSTRALIA |
| Australian Red Cross | AUSTRALIA |
| Australian Regional and Remote Community Services | AUSTRALIA |
| Bangor University | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Bielefeld University | GERMANY |
| Boston College | UNITED STATES |
| Central Adelaide Local Health Network Incorporated | AUSTRALIA |
| Central Northern Adelaide Health Service | AUSTRALIA |
| Central Queensland University | AUSTRALIA |
| Charles Sturt University | AUSTRALIA |
| Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) | AUSTRALIA |
| Community Forensic Mental Health Service | AUSTRALIA |
| Country Health SA | AUSTRALIA |
| Department of Health and Ageing | AUSTRALIA |
| Drug and Alcohol Services SA | AUSTRALIA |
| Eastern Assessment Crisis Intervention Service | AUSTRALIA |
| Eastern Mental Health Service | AUSTRALIA |
| Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
| Government of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| Griffith University | AUSTRALIA |
| HOST International | AUSTRALIA |
| James Cook University | AUSTRALIA |
| La Trobe University | AUSTRALIA |
| Lived Experience Leadership and Advocacy Network | AUSTRALIA |
| Lyell McEwin Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
| MATES in Construction | AUSTRALIA |
| Mates in Construction SA Ltd | AUSTRALIA |
| Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Research and Education Group | AUSTRALIA |
| Mental Health Coalition of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| Mental Health in Multicultural Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| Mental Health Services | UNITED STATES |
| Middlesex University | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Mind Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| Molde University College | NORWAY |
| Monash University | AUSTRALIA |
| Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service | AUSTRALIA |
| Murdoch University | AUSTRALIA |
| Nan Tien Institute | AUSTRALIA |
| Northern Adelaide Local Health Network | AUSTRALIA |
| Northern Adelaide Medical Local Health Network | AUSTRALIA |
| Northern Adelaide Medicare Local | AUSTRALIA |
| Open Minds Alliance CIC | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Orygen Youth Health Research Centre | AUSTRALIA |
| Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences | NORWAY |
| Oslo Metropolitan University | NORWAY |
| Oslo University Hospital | NORWAY |
| Outer Southern Community Mental Health | AUSTRALIA |
| Port Pirie Regional Health Service | AUSTRALIA |
| Private Individual | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Repatriation General Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
| Repatriation General Hospital Inc | AUSTRALIA |
| Royal Adelaide Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
| SA Health | AUSTRALIA |
| Shandong University | CHINA |
| South Australia Lived Experience Leadership & Advocacy Network | AUSTRALIA |
| Southern Adelaide Local Health Network (SALHN) | AUSTRALIA |
| Southern Adelaide-Fleurieu-Kangaroo Island Medicare | AUSTRALIA |
| St Vincent's Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
| Survivors of Torture and Trauma Assistance and Rehabilitation Service | AUSTRALIA |
| Survivors of Torture and Trauma Assistance and Rehabilitation Services | AUSTRALIA |
| UnitingSA Ltd | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Auckland | NEW ZEALAND |
| University of Canberra | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Eastern Finland | FINLAND |
| University of Jinan | CHINA |
| University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
| University of New England | AUSTRALIA |
| University of New South Wales | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Newcastle | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Southern Denmark | DENMARK |
| University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Tasmania | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Technology Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Wollongong | AUSTRALIA |
| Victoria University | AUSTRALIA |
| Western Sydney University | AUSTRALIA |
| Whyalla Suicide Prevention Network | AUSTRALIA |
| Women's and Children's Health Network | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
Suicide Prevention Australia 2025 South Australia Awards 'Best Practice in Workplace'Suicide Prevention Australia |
2025 |
Suicide Prevention Australia 2025 South Australia Awards 'Communities in Action'Suicide Prevention Australia |
2025 |
Suicide Prevention Australia National LiFE AwardSuicide Prevention Australia |
2025 |
Editorial Board MemberCrisis Journal |
2024 |
Suicide Prevention Australia 2025 South Australia Awards 'Best Practice in Workplace'Suicide Prevention Australia |
2024 |
Suicide Prevention Australia 2025 South Australia Awards 'Communities in Action'Suicide Prevention Australia |
2024 |
Best Conference Paper, Clinical Supervision, 47th International Mental Health Nursing ConferenceAustralian College of Mental Health Nuses |
2023 |
Editorial Board MemberCrisis Journal |
2023 |
Suicide Prevention Australia 2025 South Australia Awards 'Best Practice in Workplace'Suicide Prevention Australia |
2023 |
Suicide Prevention Australia 2025 South Australia Awards 'Communities in Action'Suicide Prevention Australia |
2023 |
Editorial Board MemberCrisis Journal |
2022 |
Suicide Prevention Australia 2025 South Australia Awards 'Best Practice in Workplace'Suicide Prevention Australia |
2022 |
Suicide Prevention Australia 2025 South Australia Awards 'Communities in Action'Suicide Prevention Australia |
2022 |
Editorial Board MemberCrisis Journal |
2021 |
Suicide Prevention Australia 2025 South Australia Awards 'Best Practice in Workplace'Suicide Prevention Australia |
2021 |
Suicide Prevention Australia 2025 South Australia Awards 'Communities in Action'Suicide Prevention Australia |
2021 |
Editorial Board MemberCrisis Journal |
2020 |
Suicide Prevention Australia 2025 South Australia Awards 'Best Practice in Workplace'Suicide Prevention Australia |
2020 |
Suicide Prevention Australia 2025 South Australia Awards 'Communities in Action'Suicide Prevention Australia |
2020 |
Suicide Prevention Australia 2025 South Australia Awards 'Best Practice in Workplace'Suicide Prevention Australia |
2019 |
Suicide Prevention Australia 2025 South Australia Awards 'Communities in Action'Suicide Prevention Australia |
2019 |
Editorial Board MemberAdvances in Mental Health |
2018 |
Editorial Board MemberInternational Journal of Mental Health Systems |
2018 |
Member, Medical and Health Sciences Committee (MHS), Research Evaluation CommitteeAustralian Research Council (ARC) |
2018 |
Member, Minister Council on Asylum Seekers and DetentionAustralian Government |
2018 |
Suicide Prevention Australia 2025 South Australia Awards 'Best Practice in Workplace'Suicide Prevention Australia |
2018 |
Suicide Prevention Australia 2025 South Australia Awards 'Communities in Action'Suicide Prevention Australia |
2018 |
Dr Margaret Tobin AwardGovernment of South Australia |
2017 |
Editorial Board MemberMigration Letters |
2017 |
Editorial Board MemberAdvances in Mental Health |
2017 |
Editorial Board MemberInternational Journal of Mental Health Systems |
2017 |
MemberAustralian College of Mental Health Nurses |
2017 |
MemberInternational Association for Forensic Mental Health Services |
2017 |
MemberAustralian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law |
2017 |
MemberInternational Association for Suicide Prevention |
2017 |
MemberAmerican Association of Suicidology |
2017 |
Member, Special Interest Group - Clusters and Contagion in Suicidal BehaviourInternational Association for Suicide Prevention |
2017 |
Member, Minister Council on Asylum Seekers and DetentionAustralian Government |
2017 |
Suicide Prevention Australia 2025 South Australia Awards 'Best Practice in Workplace'Suicide Prevention Australia |
2017 |
Suicide Prevention Australia 2025 South Australia Awards 'Communities in Action'Suicide Prevention Australia |
2017 |
Member, Advisory Group on Suicide PreventionNational Mental Health Commission |
2016 |
Member, Minister Council on Asylum Seekers and DetentionAustralian Government |
2016 |
Suicide Prevention Australia 2025 South Australia Awards 'Best Practice in Workplace'Suicide Prevention Australia |
2016 |
Suicide Prevention Australia 2025 South Australia Awards 'Communities in Action'Suicide Prevention Australia |
2016 |
Member, Minister Council on Asylum Seekers and DetentionAustralian Government |
2015 |
Suicide Prevention Australia 2025 South Australia Awards 'Best Practice in Workplace'Suicide Prevention Australia |
2015 |
Suicide Prevention Australia 2025 South Australia Awards 'Communities in Action'Suicide Prevention Australia |
2015 |
Advisory Board Member, South Australian Suicide Prevention Strategy Ministers Advisory CommitteeGovernment of South Australia |
2014 |
Finalist and Highly Commended title, Educational Publishing Awards Australia Tertiary, Wholly Australian, Student Resource CategoryAustralian Publishers Association |
2014 |
Member, Detention Expert Health Advisory Group, Mental Health SubgroupAustralian Government |
2014 |
Member, Minister Council on Asylum Seekers and DetentionAustralian Government |
2014 |
Advisory Board Member, South Australian Suicide Prevention Strategy Ministers Advisory CommitteeGovernment of South Australia |
2013 |
Member, Detention Expert Health Advisory Group, Mental Health SubgroupAustralian Government |
2013 |
Member, Minister Council on Asylum Seekers and DetentionAustralian Government |
2013 |
Member, Statutory CommitteeMinisters Council on Asylum Seekers and Detention |
2013 |
Advisory Board Member, South Australian Suicide Prevention Strategy Ministers Advisory CommitteeGovernment of South Australia |
2012 |
Member, Detention Expert Health Advisory Group, Mental Health SubgroupAustralian Government |
2012 |
Member, Minister Council on Asylum Seekers and DetentionAustralian Government |
2012 |
Member, Detention Expert Health Advisory Group, Mental Health SubgroupAustralian Government |
2011 |
Member, Minister Council on Asylum Seekers and DetentionAustralian Government |
2011 |
Member, Detention Expert Health Advisory Group, Mental Health SubgroupAustralian Government |
2010 |
Member, Minister Council on Asylum Seekers and DetentionAustralian Government |
2010 |
Professor Procter supervises PhD student projects primarily in nursing however also from several other disciplines including, social work, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, psychiatry, psychology, law, education and health sciences. Projects span areas of mental health and mental illness, refugee law, transcultural mental health, psychological autopsy following death by suicide, situation awareness in mental health, rural mental health, emergency mental health, mental health education and community mental health care. He is committed to quality supervision; actively helping to ensure students build both research and career development skills. He believes in a consistent and stable level of student contact and support. To this end he encourages research students to meet fortnightly for structured support and supervision. He also encourages student participation in UniSA's Mental Health Research Group meetings, the Shared Learning in Clinical Practice Seminars, Mental Health Master Classes, and external opportunities for networking, information exchange and capacity building with fellow researchers, service users, clinical staff and policy makers. Information about current PhD scholarship opportunities are regularly posted on Twitter at @MHResearchUniSA.
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| Development of a strategic framework to facilitate early interventions and support for industry drivers of mental distress and mitigate and prevent suicide among female construction workers | Current |
| Distress, discomfort and moral injury. Making emergency departments in Australia safe for people with a psychosocial disability and a National Disability Insurance Plan. | Current |
| Elder abuse and the role of the nurse | Current |
| Exploring the role of police in providing a mental health response to the community | Current |
| Psychological autopsy nd the other public sector heatlh response to men who die by suicide in South Australia | Current |
| The coordination of treatment and support for young people with mental illness transitioning into adult mental health services in South Australia | Current |
| "Don't share your story here... it's not safe". An exploratory study of organisational shifts to improve recognition, valuing and integration of peer and lived experience workforces in mental health | Completed |
| Attempted suicide in older people: within and between the meaning of protection | Completed |
| I am myself again: a hermeneutic of learning in rehabilitation following spinal cord injury | Completed |
| Losing touch and Telos: a participatory action research study exploring loss from mental illness, recovery and human flourishing | Completed |
| Situated knowledge of the client's experience: an ethnography of the involuntary-admission decision | Completed |
| Suicide in the global and Australian construction industry: a mixed methods investigation of drivers and experiences | Completed |
| The mental health consequences of temporary protection and uncertain legal status for refugees and asylum seekers in Australia | Completed |
