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Professor Nicholas Procter 

Position: Chair: Mental Health Nursing Professor Nicholas Procter
Division/Portfolio: Division of Health Sciences
School/Unit: School of Nursing and Midwifery
Group: SIHR NRC
Campus: City East Campus
Office: C5-42
Telephone: +61 8 830 22148
Fax: +61 8 830 22168
Email: Nicholas_dot_Procter_at_unisa_dot_edu_dot_au
URL for Business Card: http://people.unisa.edu.au/Nicholas.Procter

Other Contacts

Helen Clark: Senior Academic Officer: t + 61 8 8302 1109 / e helen.clark@unisa.edu.au

Professor Nicholas Procter PhD MBA Grad Dip Adult Ed BA CertAdvClinNsg RN is the UniSA inaugural Chair: Mental Health Nursing and convener of the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Research Group located within UniSA's Sansom Institute for Health Research. His other appointments include convener of UniSA's Human Rights and Security Research and Innovation Cluster, and adjunct professor at the University of Tasmania.

Working collaboratively with mental health consumers, clinicians and sector managers, Professor Procter advances research, knowledge transfer and community engagement in mental health. The strategic intent is 'excellence with relevance' through innovative, collaborative and enterprising activities. Such work has been fruitful. It has guided success and delivered fresh confidence in how much consumers, carers, clinicians and academic faculty can achieve working in collaboration. That confidence has been reinforced by tangible outcomes including a program of practice development and service policy reform, joint clinician-academic master classes, symposiums and media productions, teaching programs, publications and grant funded research; the UniSA's Chancellor's Award for Community Engagement (thrice); A National Prescribing Service Quality Use of Medicines Award; An Excellence Award for Nursing Education from the Government of South Australia.

Professor Procter's networks and collaboration with government and non-government organisations has also delivered outcomes in local and national mental health policy reform, service delivery reform and re-design of clinical pathways and service delivery. He is a Chief Investigator on ARC, NHMRC, State and Federal Government funded projects. His publications and conference papers appear in academic journals and at scientific meetings concerned with practical and theoretical dimensions of mental health, risk, suicide prevention and social inclusion. In recent times more than 500 consumers, clinicians and policy makers have taken part in mental health symposiums and other community and professional events.

Research Projects 2011 - 2015

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, Prof Kerin O'Dea and A/Prof Catherine Itsiopoulos; and John Strachan, Dr Andrew Champion, Matt Ballestrin and Janine Compton (Noarlunga Health Services).

2012-14 Mental Health in Multicultural Australia (MHiMA) Project Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention Consortium - with the Queensland Transcultural Mental Health Centre, Centre for International Mental Health, University of Melbourne and Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit. Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, Suicide Prevention Section, Mental Health Early Intervention and Prevention Branch, Canberra, Australia, $2,700,000.

2012-15 Prof Leonie Segal, Prof Patrick McGorry, Dr Matthew Leach, Prof Nicholas Procter. Implementing a needs-based evidence-driven primary health care workforce planning model to describe the multidisciplinary primary health care team necessary to deliver best practice in community mental health care and prevention. NHMRC Partnership Project Grant (NHMRC-ID No 1055351), $368,532.

2011-14 Prof Charlotte F de Crespigny, Prof Cherrie A Galletly, Prof Nicholas Procter, A/Prof 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), $275,000.

2012-13 A/Prof Simon Bell, Prof Nicholas Procter, A/Prof Chris Alderman, Dr Andrea Gordon, Dr Amy Baker, Dr Libby Hotham, Dr Geoff March. Review of Medication Management. Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Canberra, $140,000.

2012 Prof Nicholas Procter and Dr Andrea Gordon. Vulnerability identification and assessment in case management. Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Canberra, Australia, $80,000.

2011-12 Dr Sophia Rainbird, Dr Danielle Every, Prof Nicholas Procter and Prof Barbara Pocock. Local impact, local gains: Examining the social and cultural local area impact of Immigration Detention. Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Canberra, Australia, $152,000.

2012 Prof Nicholas Procter. Honours Student Project: Barriers and Enablers for Physical Activity for People with Serious Mental Illness. Office of the Director of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, SA Health Government of South Australia, $7,200.

2011 A/Prof Wendy Lacey, Prof Nicholas Procter and A/Prof Kay Price. The protection of vulnerable adults. South Australian Attorney-General's Department, Office of the Public Advocate, Government of South Australia, $50,000.

2011 Dr Rasika Jayasekara, Prof Nicholas Procter, and Ms Sally Hampel. The development of evidence based practice recommendations on cognitive behaviour therapy for older adults with major depression in South Australia. Cochrane Review Title Registration – R08 Psychological therapies vs treatment as usual (TAU) for depression in older people, School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of South Australia, $12,000.

2011 Prof Nicholas Procter, Dr Andrea Gordon, Prof Adrian Esterman. Field testing of the Vulnerability Identification and Assessment Tool (VIAT) in case management. Commonwealth Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Canberra, Australia, $80,000.

2011-12 Prof Nicholas Procter and Dr Andrea Gordon. Shared learning in clinical practice. Department of Health, Mental Health Unit, Government of South Australia, $12,000.

Links to other sites



Shared Learning in Clinical Practice Newsletter Number 6: January 2013


Shared Learning in Clinical Practice Newsletter Number 5: September 2012


Shared Learning in Clinical Practice Newsletter Number 4: July 2012


Shared Learning in Clinical Practice Newsletter Number 3: May 2012


Shared Learning in Clinical Practice Newsletter Number 2: Nov 2011


Shared Learning in Clinical Practice Newsletter Number 1: March 2011


Mental Health Master Class Series 2013


Risk Engagement through Partnership and Collaboration in Mental Health Services


Statewide Action to Improve Mental Health


Sansom Institute Mental Health and Substance Abuse Research Group


Mental Health Experts Focus on Suicide and Self Harm


YouTube: Suicide Crisis Interview. Developing an understanding of despair through engagement


YouTube: UniSA Mental Health Research and Innovation Cluster


Suicide prevention guidelines jointly presented by the University of South Australia and SA Health

Teaching interests

  • Mental health service provision
  • Organisational change and workforce development
  • Leadership and mentoring for mental health service reform
  • Interdisciplinary practice in mental health
  • Social inclusion in multicultural mental health

I teach the following courses

NURS 5074Consolidation of Mental Health Nursing Practice
NURS 5069Project 1A
NURS 5070Project 2

Professional associations

Member, Editorial Board, Advances in Mental Health

Member, Editorial Board, Migration Letters

Member, Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Member, International Association for Suicide Prevention

Member, International Association for Suicide Prevention - Special Interest Group - Clusters and Contagion in Suicidal Behaviour

Member, American Association of Suicidology

Member, Australian College of Mental Health Nurses

Scientific Board Member, 3rd Horatio European Psychiatric Nursing Congress in Istanbul, Turkey, October 31-November 2, 2013.

Qualifications

PhD (Flinders), MBA (UniSA), Grad Dip Adult Ed (UniSA), BA (Flinders), RN, CertAdvClinNsg (SACAE), MACMHN, Credentialed with the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses

Research interests

  • Community engagement in mental health promotion and suicide prevention
  • Mapping and design of clinical pathways in mental health for people and communities
  • Leadership, mentoring and communities of practice
  • Building capacity within communities and systems
  • Evaluation of service delivery models in mental health
  • Rural and remote mental health services
  • Risk and vulnerability in mental health

Research publications

Recent Journal Publications

  • Baker, A, Procter, NG and Szokalski, M (2013) Engaging with CALD communities to reduce the impact of depression and anxiety: A review of current evidence (in preparation)

  • Warne, T and Procter, NG (2013) Protective factors for people in suicide crisis: What is the evidence? (in review)

  • Posselt, M, Galletly, C, de Crespigny, C and Procter, NG (2013) Mental health and drug and alcohol comorbidity in young people of refugee background: A review of literature. Mental Health and Substance Use (in press)

  • Jayasekara, R, Procter, N, Harrison, J, Skelton, K, Hampel, S, Draper, R, Deuter, K & Boswell, O. (2013) Cognitive behavioural therapy for older adults with depression (in review)

  • Baker, A and Procter, NG (2013) ‘Treating a broken brain’: A qualitative inquiry into consumer views towards treatment of their mental illness (in review)

  • Deuter, K, Procter, NG, and Rogers, J (2013) The emergency telephone conversation in the context of the older person in suicidal crisis: Qualitative study. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention (accepted for publication 09/08/2012)

  • Deuter, K, Galley, P., Champion, A, Gordon, A, Halczuk, T, Jackson, A, Jones, A, Legg, L, Murison, J, Newman, C, Procter, NG, and Williamson, P. (2013) Risk assessment and risk management: Developing a model of shared learning in clinical practice. Advances in Mental Health (in press)

  • Baker, A and Procter, NG (2013) A qualitative inquiry into consumer beliefs about the causes of mental illness. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 20, 442-447.

  • Ayliffe, J Procter, NG, Esterman, A (2013) The facilitators of and barriers to physical activity for people living with schizophrenia. (in review)

  • Baker, A and Procter, NG (2013) The impact of mental illness on everyday occupations: Findings from a study exploring loss from mental illness, recovery and human flourishing (in review)

  • Newman, L Procter, NG and Dudley, M (2011) Self harm and suicide in immigration detention (Editorial), Medical Journal of Australia 195(6):310-311.

  • Dudley, M and Procter NG (2011) Suicide in Australian immigration detention centres, Chinese Mental Health Journal 25(9)Suppl: S285.

  • Procter NG and Dong, J (2011) Providing mental health support to protection visa applicants in Australian immigration detention who are lip stitching, Chinese Mental Health Journal 25(9)Suppl: S284-5.

  • Procter, NG, Williamson, P and Gordon, A and D McDonough (2011) Refugee and asylum seeker self harm with implications for transition to employment participation: A review, Suicidologi 16(3): 30-38.

  • Procter, NG (2011) "It all happened quite quickly really": Emergency de-escalation in mental health crisis and violence (Editorial) Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal 14, 137-139.

  • Procter, NG and Crowley, T (2011) A mental health trauma response to the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, Holistic Nursing Practice 25(3):162-164.

  • Procter, NG (2011) The mental health implications of the Christmas Island boat crash tragedy (Editorial) Contemporary Nurse 37(2):115-118.

  • Procter, NG (2011) Providing mental health support for protection visa applicants in Australian immigration detention: Partnering mental health and migration law consultation, Psychiatry, Psychology and Law 18(3):460-465.

  • Morse, M and Procter, NG (2011) Review: Exploring the role of mental health nurse-practitioner in the treatment of early psychosis, Journal of Clinical Nursing 20(19-20): 2702-2711.

  • Procter, NG, Beutel, J, Deuter K, Curren, D, de Crespigny, C and M. Simon (2011) The developing role of transition to practice programs for newly graduated mental health nurses, International Journal of Nursing Practice, 17:254-261.

  • Procter, NG, Papadopoulos, I and McEvoy, M. (2010) Global economic crisis and mental health (Editorial) Advances in Mental Health 9(3): 210-214.

  • Phillips, C and Procter, NG. (2010) Management of a complex wound in a person with spinal cord injury and mental illness, Journal of Wound Care, 19 (9): 408-412.

  • Hampel, S Procter, NG and Deuter, K. (2010) A model of succession planning for mental health nurse practitioners, International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 19: 278-286.

  • Procter, NG and Amar, A. (2010) Towards innovation and a partnership future for mental health nursing (Editorial) Advances in Contemporary Mental Health Nursing (Second Edition), Contemporary Nurse, 34 (2): 131-133.

  • Merritt, M and Procter NG. (2010) Conceptualising the functional role of the mental health consultation-liaison nurse in multi-morbidity using Peplau's nursing theory, Advances in Contemporary Mental Health Nursing (Second Edition), Contemporary Nurse 34 (2): 158-166.

    Guest Editor Refereed Journal Special Issues Since 2010 Only

  • 2010 (Procter, NG with M. McEvoy, SA Health and I. Papadopolos, Middlesex University, UK), Advances in Mental Health, Special Issue on Migration and Mental Health, Volume 09, No, 3, [ISBN 978-1-921729-08-9]

  • 2010 (Procter, NG with Angela Frederick Amar, Boston College and Chang Kam Hock, University of Malaysia - Sarawak), Advances in Contemporary Mental Health Nursing, 2nd Edition Contemporary Nurse, Volume 34, No, 2 [ISBN 978-0-9775242-6-6]

    Books and Monographs

  • Procter, NG, Froggatt, T, Harmer, H, McGarry, D, Wilson, R. (under contract) Mental Health: A person centred approach. Cambridge University Press: Melbourne

  • Griffiths, M, Qian, D, and Procter, NG (2005) Beyond Words: Lessons on translation, trust and meaning. Multicultural Mental Health Australia, Australian Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra [ISBN 0958173575]

  • Procter, NG (2004) Moving forward together: An international comparison of successful strategies to improve access and equity for people from ethnic minorities, University of South Australia, Adelaide [ISBN 1920927190]

  • Procter, NG (2003) Speaking of Sadness and the Heart of Acceptance: Reciprocity in Education. Multicultural Mental Health Australia, Australian Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra [ISBN 0958173559]

  • Procter, N.G. (2000) Serbian Australians in the Shadow of the Balkan War. Ashgate: Aldershot. [ISBN 0754612473]

  • Procter, NG (2000) The local-global nexus and mental health of transnational communities. Hawke Institute Working Paper Series No 8. Hawke Institute, University of South Australia, Magill. [ISBN 0868038075]

  • Fuller, J, Edwards, J, Procter, NG and Moss, J (2000) Responding to mental health problems: the rural and remote context, Monograph: South Australian Centre for Rural and Remote Health. [ISBN 0868036781]
    Book Chapters Since 2000

    • Procter, NG and Baker, A. (2013) Immigrant elders, in M. Mezey, M. Bottrell, B. Berkman, C. Callahan, T. Fulmer, E. Mitty, G. Paveza, E. Siegler and N. Strumph (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Elder Care(Third Edition) Springer Publishing Company: New York.

    • Procter, NG (2011) Mental Health Emergencies, in K. Curtis and C. Ramsden (Eds.) Emergency and Trauma Care for Nurses and Paramedics, Elsevier Press: New York.

    • Procter, NG (2009) Refugees and asylum seekers, in P. Barker (Ed.), Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing: The Craft of Caring, (2nd Ed) Hodder Education: London.

    • Procter, NG (2007) Immigrant elders, in M. Mezey, M. Bottrell, B. Berkman, C. Callahan, T. Fulmer, E. Mitty, G. Paveza, E. Siegler and N. Strumph (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Elder Care(Second Edition) Springer Publishing Company: New York.

    • Procter, NG (2007) Mental health emergencies, in K. Curtis, C. Ramsden and J. Friendship (Eds), Emergency and Trauma Nursing, Elsevier Press: New York.

    • Fuller, J, Edwards, J, Procter, NG and Moss, J (2002) Mental health in rural and remote Australia, in D. Wilkinson and I. Blue (Eds.), The New Rural Health: An Australian Text, Oxford University Press: Sydney.

    • Procter, NG (2001) Immigrant elders, in M. Mezey, M. Bottrell, B. Berkman, C. Callahan, T. Fulmer, E. Mitty, G. Paveza, E. Siegler and N. Strumph (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Elder Care, Springer Publishing Company: New York.



    Keynote Addresses Since 2005

    • 2013 Keynote Address. Trust and Belonging After Suicide: An important mental health concept. United Synergies Ltd. 4th Annual StandBy Coordinators National Forum. Noosa, Queensland, March 4.

    • 2013 Keynote Address. After Suicide: Postvention practice and community development for culturally and linguistically diverse communities. United Synergies Ltd. 4th Annual StandBy Coordinators National Forum. Noosa, Queensland, March 4.

    • 2013 Keynote Address. Cultivating Shared Learning and a Democracy of Ideas in Clinical Practice. Australian College of Mental Health Nurses 6th Primary Mental Health Care Conference. Primary Mental Health Care: “Working Together for a Better Future”, Canberra, Australia, March

    • 2013 Keynote Address. Seven Principals for Partnerships in Stepped Care: The Australian context. Horatio European Psychiatric Nursing Congress, Istambul, Turkey, October 31-Nov 2.

    • 2012 Keynote Address. Seeking Asylum: Mental health and human consequence. 38th International Mental Health Nursing Conference. Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin Australia October 3-6.

    • 2012 Keynote Address. Mental Health Promotion & Suicide Prevention for People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds. Annual General Meeting of the Mental Health Coalition of Australia, Adelaide, August 15.

    • 2011 Plenary Address: Community engagement and knowledge transfer in mental health. Australian College of Nurse Practitioners National Conference. Nurse Practitioners: Coming of Age, Adelaide, October 6-8.

    • 2011 Keynote Address: The interwoven commitments of collaboration and relationship capital in transcultural mental health. Annual Forum of the Tasmanian Transcultural Mental Health Network, Phoenix Centre, Hobart, 26 August.

    • 2011 Keynote Address: Collaboration in a crisis. Australian Institute of Marketing, Marketing Week, Hotel Grand Chancellor Adelaide, 25 August.

    • 2011 Keynote Address: The professions and their social obligations. Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation (SA Branch) Professional Day, Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, 1 August.

    • 2011 Keynote Address: State of the State Discussions. Mental Health and Youth: Preventative Community and Hospital Aspects. With the Hon John Hill MP, Minister for Health, Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Dr Lorna Hallahan, Prof Jon Juredini and Assoc Prof John Spoehr. Don Dunstan Foundation, Adelaide, June 16, 2011.

    • 2010 How a combination of research and clinical expertise can be used to address contemporary challenges in mental health. Faculty of Health Science, Collaborative Graduate Research Symposium, University of Tasmania, October 22.

    • 2008 Keynote Address: Evaluation of mental health services in country South Australia. Centre for Regional Engagement Research Colloquium, University of South Australia, October, 30.

    • 2008 Keynote Address: Innovation and cultural competence for individual and organisational change. Inaugural MultiLink Embracing Diversity Conference: The Practice of Inclusion, Queensland, September, 29.

    • 2007 Oration: Mental health and human connectedness for all Australians. 55th Annual Oration, The College of Nursing Australia, Great Hall, University of Sydney, New South Wales, October 12.

    • 2007 Keynote Panel: Issues of Diversity and Health in Australia, 2007 Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia Annual Congress, Hobart, July 31.

    • 2007 Keynote Address: Resilience Building and Collaboration in Mental Health, “Against the Odds” - Early Intervention from Infancy to Youth: First National Conference. Logan Entertainment Centre, Queensland, July 11

    • 2007 Keynote Address: Leadership and Relationship Capital in Multicultural Mental Health, “Cultural Diversity in Ageing 2007 National Conference”, Melbourne, June 8

    • 2006 Keynote Panel with Ang, A., Crook, M., Al-Krenawi, A., Rooney, M. and Kember, L. Second State Transcultural Mental Health Conference (Western Australia), Broadening the Horizon, Perth, November 17.

    • 2006 Keynote Address: The quest for innovation and community engagement: Making people our focus. Second State Transcultural Mental Health Conference (Western Australia), Broadening the Horizon, Perth, November 16.

    • 2006 Keynote Address: Mental Health Issues on Campus: A considered response for people seeking mental health promotion, care or protection. Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Student Services Association (ANZSSA), SA Branch, Charles Hawker Conference Centre, Waite Campus, September 20.

    • 2006 Keynote Address: Things must change for the better. Humility, collaboration and respect in multicultural mental health. National Conference - Towards a Healthy Nation: Meeting the Challenges of a Diverse Society for Good Health and Wellbeing. Adelaide, South Australia, October 30 and 31.

    • 2006 Keynote Address: "They first killed his heart (then) he took his own life": Reaching out, connecting and responding to key enablers for mental health service provision in multicultural Australia. TheMHS - The Mental Health Services 16th Annual Conference: Townsville, Queensland, 29 August - 1 September.

    • 2006 Keynote Address: Am I being therapeutic? North East Victorian Mental Health Services 2nd Annual Winter Conference: Exploring Options for Providing Therapy in Mental Health Care, La Trobe University, Beechworth, Victoria, June 8 and 9.

    • 2005 Keynote Address: Engaging in Authentic Conversations: Leadership, humility and social connectedness for multicultural mental health. 10th NSW Rural Mental Health Conference, Tweed Heads, NSW, November 17.

    • 2005 Keynote Address: Mental Health, Custody and the Palmer Report: What are the Implications for Clinical Assessment and Care? College of Nursing Australia, Sydney, Thursday 29 September.

    • 2005 Keynote Address: Expressions of Mental Suffering from People Released from Immigration Detention Centres with Implications for Clinical Innovation and Leadership in Mental Health. Cunningham Dax Oration, Gryphon Gallery, University of Melbourne, Monday 25 July.

    • 2005 Keynote Address: Emergency Mental Health Care for People of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds. Forward Thinking – Changing Outlooks in Acute Schizophrenia, Hilton on the Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Sunday June 12.

    • 2005 Keynote Address: Clinical Leadership Challenges and Strategies for a Mental Health Response to Suicidal Asylum Seekers Living in our Community. Murray Mallee Suicide Prevention Conference, Friday, April 15.

    • 2005 Keynote Address: Seeking Asylum in Australia: Human Experience, Clinical Innovation and Leadership in Mental Health. RMIT Transcultural Health and Nursing Conference, "Caring for people of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds". Storey Hall, City Campus, RMIT University, Thursday 10 February.

    Conference and Presentations Since 2010

      International Presentations 2010/ 2012
    • Nrugham, L. Procter, NG, and Maniam, T. (2012) Suicidal behaviour among ethnic minorities. Symposia to the 5th Asia Pacific Conference of the International Association for Suicide Prevention, 29th November - 2nd December, Chennai, India.

    • Procter, NG, (2012) Engagement with asylum seekers with mental health issues who have been released from immigration detention into the community. Workshop to the 38th International Mental Health Nursing Conference. Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin Australia October 3-6.

    • Procter, NG (2012) A nurse led model of engagement between mainstream mental health services and people of refugee and asylum seeker background. Symposia to the 2nd Horatio European Festival of Psychiatric Nursing, 20-23 September, Stockholm, Sweden.

    • Procter, NG (2012) Communities of practice: Advancing a democracy of ideas in mental health and substance abuse research. Paper to the 2nd Horatio European Festival of Psychiatric Nursing, 20-23 September, Stockholm, Sweden.

    • Rosenstreich, G, Prasad-Ildes, R, Shorey, T & Procter, NG (2010) Intercultural Suicide Prevention. Workshop to the 4th Asia Pacific Regional Conference of the International Association for Suicide Prevention which will be held from 17 - 20 November 2010, Brisbane, Australia.

    • Lees, D, Procter, NG & Fassett, D (2010) A critical exploration of interactions and engagement between people in suicidal crisis and registered nurses within a public mental health service. Paper to the 4th Asia Pacific Regional Conference of the International Association for Suicide Prevention 17 - 20 November, Brisbane, Australia.

    • Baker, AEZ, Procter, NG & Gibbons, T, (2010) The relevance and application of virtue ethics within occupational therapy practice. Paper to the 15th WFOT Congress, Santiago Chile, 4 – 7 May.

    • Baker, AEZ, Procter, NG & Gibbons, T, (2010) A Participatory Action Research Project to Explore and Respond to Loss from Mental Illness: Insights for Occupational Therapy Practice’. Poster to the 15th WFOT Congress, Santiago Chile , 4 – 7 May

    • Steen, T, Buckskin, P and Procter, NG (2010) Service teaching of ‘Indigenous-Australian’ contents into undergraduate nursing and midwifery programs through cross-disciplinary collaboration in teaching and learning: A case study. Paper to the Hawaii International Conference on Education, Hawaii, Jan 7-10.

    National Conference Presentations Since 2010

  • Procter, N and Turner, G (2012) Mental health & trauma informed engagement with people from refugee backgrounds. Workshop to the General Practitioner Conference and Exhibition, September 14-16, Brisbane, Queensland.

  • Deuter, K. and Procter, N (2012) Emergency Telephone Conversation in the Context of Suicidal Crisis in the Older Person. Royal District Nursing Service Grand Round July 22, Adelaide, South Australia

  • Procter N. (2012) Refugee and asylum seeker self harm. What are the implications for transition to employment participation. Paper to the Human Rights and Security Research and Innovation Cluster Symposium: Once a refugee, always a refugee? July 30, Adelaide, South Australia

  • Henrys, D, Whaites, K, Henderson, B, O’Shaughnessy, PK, Procter, N (2011) Exploring the concept of desensitisation to aggression and violence in the nursing workforce of an emergency department. 9th International Emergency Nurses Conference, College of Emergency Nursing Australasia, Adelaide, South Austrlia.

  • Fallo, T, Mc Farlane, A, and Procter, N. (2011) Trauma and resilience across the lifespan. Symposium to the 21th Annual TheMHS Conference "Resilience in Change" 6-9 September, Adelaide, South Australia.

  • Baker, A, Procter, NG, Gibbons, T. (2011) Exploring losses from mental illness through a participatory action research project. Paper to the 21th Annual TheMHS Conference "Resilience in Change" 6- 9 September, Adelaide, South Australia.

  • Baker, A, Procter, NG, Gibbons, T. (2011) Bringing a virtue ethics perspective to the field of mental health. Paper to the 21th Annual TheMHS Conference "Resilience in Change" 6- 9 September 2011, Adelaide, South Australia.

  • Procter, NG, de Crespigny, C, Galletley, C, Athanasos, P and Liu, D.(2011) Stopping the run-around: Co-morbidity action in the north (CAN). A research project to establish local area partnerships for joined up services and improved consumer care. Paper to the 21th Annual TheMHS Conference "Resilience in Change" 6- 9 September 2011, Adelaide, South Australia.

  • Procter, NG, Galley, P, and Gordon, A. (2011) Shared learning in practice. Paper to the Inaugural Country Health SA Mental Health Partnership Research Symposium: The Mental Health Research and Observatory Unit. The Lakes Resort, West Lakes, South Australia, June 30.

  • Gordon, A, Johns, C, Drew, R, Hedges, E, and Procter, NG (2010) Towards a Model of Clinical and Academic Partnerships; New Insights Into Improving Client Risk Assessment Strategies. Paper to the 30th Annual Congress of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, August 26-29.

  • Gordon, A, Johns, C, Drew, R, Hedges, E, and Procter, NG (2010) Towards a Model of Clinical and Academic Partnerships; New Insights Into Improving Client Risk Assessment Strategies. Paper to the SA Health Conference Sharing the Excellence, The Lakes Resort, West Lakes, South Australia, June 16.

  • Gordon, A and Procter, NG (2010) Mental Health in Australian Detention Centres. Symposium Presentation to the XXth International Congress of the International Association for Cross Cultural Psychology 7-10 July, Melbourne

    Multimedia Productions

    • Suicide and self harm crisis interview (with Andrea Gordon, Julie Murison, Adrian Jackson, Annette Jones, Conrad Newman, Tony Halczuk, and Philip Galley). © 2012 University of South Australia Learning and Teaching Unit.

    • Cultural considerations in mental health (with Diana Collett, Diana Quinn and Nadia Rajic). © 2008 University of South Australia Learning and Teaching Unit.

    • The first assessment interview after hospital treatment for deliberate self injury. © 2000 University of South Australia Flexible Learning Centre.

    • Engaging with a person after hospital treatment for deliberate self injury: the next day. © 2002 University of South Australia Flexible Learning Centre.

    Visual Art Productions

    • The visual art and artefact exhibition entitled, "The Heart of Acceptance: Cultural Healing Uncovered", was held at the South Australian Migration Museum, Adelaide. For a year Professor Procter led a team working with people from Adelaide's Cambodian, Persian, Afghan and Italian communities in a project called "Reciprocity in Education" and this exhibition is just one of the outcomes. Participants from forensic mental health, crisis intervention services, continuing care teams, community based care teams, inpatient care teams including mental health nurses, psychiatrists, social workers and psychologists, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds worked together on issues of sadness and depression (culturally defined). This exhibition reflects the autobiographical presence of community engagement between people involved in the project.

      More than 30,000 people viewed the exhibition during its three month display and the collaboration has resulted in a high level of mutual understanding and cooperation among mental health workers and members of culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

      More information about this innovation is available in Farsi (Persian), Italian, Cambodian and English from Professor Procter.

      Expertise for Media Contact

      I am able to provide media comment in the following areas of expertise:

      Discipline: Mental Health Nursing

      • Mental Health
      • Mental Health Services
      • Refugees and Asylum Seekers
      • Community Engagement

      Community Service

      Organisation Name:   Commonwealth Government
      Section:   Minister's Council on Asylum Seekers and Detention
      Type of Organisation:   Government Board or committee
      Level of involvement:   Member
      Year from:   2009
      Year to:   2014

      Organisation Name:   Government of South Australia
      Section:   South Australian Suicide Prevention Strategy Ministers Advisory Committee
      Type of Organisation:   Government Board or committee
      Level of involvement:   Committee member
      Year from:   2012
      Year to:   2014

      Research Degree Supervisor

      Professor Procter is an successful supervisor of Honours, Masters and PhD student projects in the areas of mental health and mental illness, transcultural mental health, emergency mental health and community mental health care. He is committed to quality supervision, where possible helping 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, and participate in the School’s Journal Club on a monthly basis to exchange ideas and provide peer support. He also encourages participation in UniSA's Mental Health Research Group meetings and seminars, Mental Health Master Classes, and other Division of Health Sciences seminar presentations, for networking and information exchange with fellow researchers and clinical staff.



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