Professor Nicholas Procter

Professor Nicholas Procter RN CertAdvClinNsg BA Grad Dip Adult Ed MBA PhD MACMHN is the inaugural Chair: Mental Health Nursing at the University of South Australia. His national and international collaborations span interdisciplinary contexts where he is an active member of the nursing profession and co-convenor of the Peace, Defence and Security Research & Innovation Cluster at UniSA. He is a former Hawke Fellow with long standing interests in social inclusion research and policy development, culture change within mental health services and community engagement between mental health services and the higher education sector. He has been recipient of 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 and a Governors' Leadership Foundation Fellowship. His research and consulting with government and non-government organisations has delivered outcomes in practice development, practitioner mentorship and the re-design of clinical pathways for improved service delivery. His publications and conference papers appear in academic journals and at scientific meetings concerned with theoretical dimensions of mental health education, suicide prevention, service delivery and social inclusion. He has scholarly collaborations in mental health nursing with Boston College, Middlesex University and the University of Malaysia Sarawak, and is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Tasmania.

Call for Papers: Advances in Contemporary Mental Health Nursing – Second Edition

Information on Speaking of Sadness and the Heart of Acceptance: Reciprocity in Education

Information on Mentorship Programs for Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Candidates

Information on Moving Asylum Seekers from Temporary to Pernament Protection visas.

Information on Beyond Words: Lessons in Translation, Trust and Meaning

Information on Cultural Competency in Health: A Guide for Policy, Partnerships and Participation

Akutt krisehjelp til asylsøkere som er sluppet ut fra internering i Australia [Suicidologi]

Information on 2006 National Quality Use of Medicines Award "No More Mualagh"

• 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

Member, Editorial Board, Advances in Mental Health

Member, Editorial Board, Migration Letters

Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Health, Social and Environmental Issues

Member, Expert Reference Group for the Implementation of the National Practice Standards for the Mental Health Workforce, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists

Member, Expert Reference Group for the Mental Health Node of Joanna Briggs Institute COnNECT

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

Member, International Association for Suicide Prevention

Member, Research Centre for Transcultural Studies in Health, Middlesex University

Member, Australian College of Mental Health Nurses

Member, Detention Health Advisory Group - Mental Health Subgroup, Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Australian Government

Member, Council of Immigration Services and Status Resolution, Australian Government

Member, NHMRC Training Fellowships Grant Review Committee, Australian Government

Fellow and Allumnist, Governor's Leadership Foundation (Incorporating the Leaders Institute of South Australia)

Chairperson, Scientific Committee for the 2nd Biennial International Evidence Based Healthcare Conference, October 2010

Member, Mental Health Nurses Advisory Group, South Australian Government

Member, Australasian Cultural Consultancy Network for Child and Youth Mental Health

Member, Asia Pacific Forum on Educational Integrity

PhD (Flinders), MBA (UniSA), Grad Dip Adult Ed (UniSA), BA (Flinders), RN, (endorsed as a mental health nurse, nmbsa), CertAdvClinNsg (SACAE), MACMHN

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

Competitive Research Grant and Consultancy Funding (Since 2005 Only)

• Commissioned practice based mentorship program for mental health nurse practitioner candidates (with L. Birchmore, C. Grech and G. Davey). Mental Health Directorate, Central Northern Adelaide Health Service and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services; Government of South Australia, $100,000.

• Consultancy to lead interdisciplinary case analysis of complex mental health problems; University of Tasmania, Department of Rural Health, Launceston, Tasmania, $25,000.

• Consultancy to review and make recommendations on teaching and learning arrangements for mental health nursing in Tasmania; University of Tasmania, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Launceston, Tasmania, $30,000.

• Contract research to design, deliver and evaluate mental health education for a multi-disciplinary workforce, Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Commonwealth Government, $310,000.

• Consultancy to provide specialist briefing on responding to cultural and linguistic diversity in multicultural mental health. Community Services Section, Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Programs Branch MDP 23, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, $5000.

• Consultancy to undertake a national review of core values and desirable learning outcomes for students undertaking mental health during pre-registration nursing education in Australia; Mental Health Nursing Education Taskforce of the Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council Mental Health Standing Committee, $98,000.

• Consultancy to deliver specialist education on explanatory models for mental health promotion and suicide prevention, Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Commonwealth Government, Sydney, $10,000.

• Commissioned research to review and make recommendations on the system wide impact of Senior Psychiatric Nurse, Psychiatric Nurse Consultant and Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Educator Roles; Department of Human Services, Government of Victoria, $67,000

• Commissioned research to review and make recommendations on mental health practice development nurses; Government of South Australia, Department of Health, $15,000.

• Australian Research Council Linkage Grant - Refugee children and adolescents in Australia: Issues of mental health and well being and access to mental health services, with Dr T Ziaian, Professor MG Sawyer and A/Prof PL Baghurst, $190,000 plus $100,000 in-kind.

• Commissioned research to review and make recommendations on the South Eastern Australia Regional Mental Health Service; Government of South Australia, Department of Health, $37,000.

• Consultancy to provide professional education seminars on explanatory models for mental health promotion and suicide prevention under the Commonwealth Government National Mental Health Plan 2003-2008, $25,000.

• Commissioned research to assess and provide resources to address the information needs of Dari and Farsi speakers living in rural areas in relation to the correct use of antidepressant medication, and subsequent development of learning resources for community nurses, pharmacists and general practitioners. Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing through the National Prescribing Service, $35,000.

• Commissioned research to design multidisciplinary mental health treatment pathway protocols for people with mental health problems released from Australian Immigration Detention Centres. Government of South Australia, Department of Health, $90,000.

• Consultancy to undertake a meta-analysis of clinical interventions for the prevention of suicide and parasuicide among indigenous Australians. Government of South Australia, Department of Health, $5,000.

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Guest Editor Refereed Journal Collections


• 2010 (with Angela Frederick Amar, Boston College and Chang Kam Hock, University of Malaysia - Sarawak), Advances in Contemporary Mental Health Nursing, 2nd Edition Contemporary Nurse, in preparation [ISBN 978-0-9775242-6-6]
  
  
• 2007 (with Zbys Fedorowicz, UK Cochrane Centre - Branch Bahrain), Journal of Health, Social and Environmental Issues, Volume 7, No, 1 [ISSN 1478-5692]
  
  
• 2006 Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health (AeJAMH) on Multicultural Mental Health, July [ISSN 1446-7984]
  
  
• 2006 Journal of Health, Social and Environmental Issues, Volume 6, No, 1 [ISSN 1478-5692]
  
  
• 2006 (with Barbara Wolfe, Boston College), Advances in Contemporary Mental Health Nursing, Contemporary Nurse, March [ISBN 0-9750436-9-2]
  
  
• 1995 Global Health Issues: A Nursing Perspective, Holistic Nursing Practice Volume 9, Number 2, January [ISSN 0887-9311]
  
  

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

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Chapters in books since 2000



• Procter, N.G. in press, Mental Health Emergencies, in K. Curtis and C. Ramsden (Eds.) Emergency and Trauma Care, Elsevier Press: New York.
  
  
• Procter, N.G. (2009) Refugees and asylum seekers, in P. Barker (Ed.), Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing: The Craft of Caring, (2nd Ed) Hodder Education: London.
  
  
• Procter, N.G. (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, N.G. (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, N.G. 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, N.G. (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.
  
  




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Articles in refereed journals since 2000



• Phillips, C and Procter, NG __ Case Report: Assessment and management of a complex wound for a person with spinal cord injury and mental illness, Journal of Wound Care, under review
  
  
• Hampel, S Procter, NG and Deuter, K. (2010) A model of succession planning for mental health nurse practitioners, International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, in press
  
  
• 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, in press
  
  
• Baker, AEZ, Procter, NG and Gibbons, T. (2009) Dimensions of loss from mental illness, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 36 (4): 25-52.
  
  
• De Anstiss H, Ziaian T, Procter NG, Warland J,and Baghurst, P (2009) Help-seeking for mental health problems in young refugees: A review of the literature with implications for policy, practice and research, Transcultural Psychiatry, 46: 584-607.
  
  
• Pridding, A and Procter NG (2008) A systematic review of personality disorder amongst people with intellectual disability with implications for the mental health nurse practitioner, Journal of Clinical Nursing, 17 (21):2811-2819
  
  
• Procter, NG (2008) Editorial: A brief survey of emerging issues in Australian mental health care, Collegian, 15(3):83-84
  
  
• Procter, NG (2008) Editorial: Emergency mental health: Crisis and response, Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, 11(2):70-71
  
  
• Stewart H, Ziaian T, Procter NG, Warland J, (2007)Young refugees in Australia: Mental health status and help-seeking, Australian Journal of Psychology, 59(S1): 202.
  
  
• Warland J, Ziaian T, Stewart H, Procter NG, Sawyer M, & Baghurst P, (2007) Challenges faced when conducting research with young Australians with refugee experiences. Australian Community Psychologist, 19(2):53-62.
  
  
• Procter, NG (2007) Current issues in mental health service provision in Australia [Leading Opinion] Collegian, 14(3):4
  
  
• Ziaian T, Procter NG, Stewart H, Sawyer M, Baghurst P & Tsoulis E (2006). Mental helath and well-being of refugee children and adolescents in South Australia. Australian Journal of Psychology, Volume 58, Spplement, P,211.
  
  
• Moss J.R., Mickan S.M., Fuller J.D., Procter NG, Waters B.A., O’Rourke P.K. (2006) Mentoring for population health in general practice divisions, Australian Health Review, 30(1):46-55.
  
  
• Procter, NG (2006) Mental health nursing for individual and organisational benefit, Contemporary Nurse, 21(1):vi-xi
  
  
• Procter, NG (2006) Guest Editor Introduction, Journal of Health, Social & Environmental Issues, 7(1):3-4
  
  
• Procter, NG (2006) Editorial: ‘They first killed his heart (then) he took his own life’: Reaching out, connecting and responding as key enablers for mental health service provision to multicultural Australia, Australian eJournal for the Advancement of Mental Health 5(2) www.auseinet.com/journal/vol5iss2/proctereditorial.pdf
  
  
• Procter, NG (2006) “They first killed his heart (then) he took his own life”, part 2: Practice implications. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 12: 42-48.
  
  
• Procter, NG (2006) Mental Health Workforce Collaboration and Partnership: Towards a response to World Health Assembly Resolution WHA 57.19. Migration Letters, 3(1): 31-40.
  
  
• Procter, NG (2006) Mental health crisis intervention for asylum seekers in the emergency department, Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, 36, 1-5.
  
  
• Procter, NG (2005) Tsunami waves of mental trauma, Holistic Nursing Practice, 19(6): 245-7.
  
  
• Procter, NG (2005) Providing emergency mental health care to asylum seekers at a time when claims for permanent protection have been rejected. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 14(1): 2-6
  
  
• Procter, NG (2005) Editorial: A call for deeper scrutiny of mental health care for people in immigration detention centres, International Journal of Mental Health Nursing 14(2): 70-71
  
  
• Procter, NG (2005) Editorial: Tsunami waves of mental trauma, Contemporary Nurse 18(3): 215-218
  
  
• Procter, NG (2005) The mental health implications of Britain's Conservative Party Immigration Plan. Migration Letters, 2(1): 13-20
  
  
• Procter, NG(2005) Parasuicide, self harm and suicide among Aboriginal people living in rural Australia: A review of literature with implications for mental health nursing practice. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 11 (3) 237-241
  
  
• Procter, NG (2005) “They first killed his heart (then) he took his own life”, part 1: Review of context and literature on mental health issues for refugees and asylum seekers. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 11(6) 286-291
  
  
• Procter, NG (2005) Emergency mental health nursing for self harming refugees and asylum seekers. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 14(3): 205-210
  
  
• Procter, NG (2005) Community educators as supporters in ethnographic research, International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 14(4): 271-275
  
  
• Procter, NG and Dusmohamed, H (2005) Qualitative evaluation of country mental health inpatient units, Australian Journal of Rural Health, 13(4) 255-57.
  
  
• Procter, N.G.(2004) Re-traumatisation, fear and suicidal thinking: a case study of 'boatpeople' to Australia. Migration Letters, 1(1): 42-49.
  
  
• Procter, N.G. (2004) Support for Temporary Protection Visa holders: Partnering individual mental health support and migration law consultation. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 11(1): 110-112.
  
  
• Procter, N.G. (2004) Editorial: The mental health of moving asylum seekers from ‘temporary’ to ‘permanent’ protection visas: It’s much more than a quick political fix, Contemporary Nurse 17(3): 179-182
  
  
• Procter, N.G.(2004) Editorial: Globalisation and interdisciplinary activity in mental health: A time for innovations in higher education, Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health, 3(1)www.auseinet.com/journal/vol3iss1/proctereditorial.pdf
  
  
• Procter, N.G. (2003) Editorial: Mental health promotion and suicide prevention in Iraq after regime change, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 10(4): 383-4
  
  
• Procter, N.G. (2003) Editorial: Leadership and mentoring for mental health service reform, Contemporary Nurse, 14(3):223-6.
  
  
• Procter, N.G.(2003) Editorial: Support to heal the scars of war, International Journal of Nursing Practice, 9(3):211-2.
  
  
• Procter, N.G. (2001) Editorial: On postdoctoral fellowships in mental health nursing, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 10(2):65.
  
  
• Procter, N.G., Burford, S. and Dixon, A. (2000) Editorial: In the nursing interest: reading and thinking critically in the new millennium, Contemporary Nurse, 9(3/4):201-4.
  
  
• Procter, N.G. (2000) Cultural affirmation and the protection of emotional wellbeing. Holistic Nursing Practice 15(1): 1-8.
  
  
• Fuller, J., Edwards, J. Procter, N.G. and Moss, J. (2000) How definition of mental health problems can influence help seeking in rural and remote communities. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 8(3): 148-153.
  
  

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Refereed conference proceedings


• Procter, N.G (2005) Reciprocity in Education: A Model of Interactive Learning Between Migrant Communities and Mainstream Mental Health Services. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Engaging Communities, [Please visit the Conference website –www.engagingcommunities2005.org to view].
  
  
• Procter, N.G. (2000) Local and global dimensions of conflict in the Balkans. In C. Lind (Ed.) Proceedings of the 2000 Speech Pathology Australia National Conference. Adelaide: Speech Pathology Australia, pp. 22-28.
  
  
• Procter, N.G. (1998) The contribution of social science to mental health nursing in the aftermath of ethnic violence. In M. Alexander, S. Harding, P. Harrisson, G. Kendall, Z. Skrbis and J. Western (Eds.) Conference of the Australian Sociological Association: Refashioning Sociology: Responses to the New World Order, Brisbane, Queensland University of Technology Press, pp. 470-474.
  
  
• Procter, N.G. (1997) National identity in a global era: methodological issues for the qualitative health researcher of diaspora communities, in R. Adams (Ed.) Crisis in the Human Services: National and International Issues, University of Lincolnshire and Humberside: Hull, pp. 105-111.
  
  

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Selected book reviews in refereed journals





• Procter, N.G. (2005) Book Review: Qualitative research in practice: Stories from the field [Y. Darlington and D. Scott] Contemporary Nurse 20(2):300.
  
  
• Procter, N.G. (2005) Book Review: Qualitative research design: An interactive approach [Joseph A Maxwell] Contemporary Nurse 20(2):299.
  
  
• Procter, N.G. (2003) Review of "The Leadership Mystique: A User's Manual for the Human Enterprise" (M. Kets De Vries, Pearson Education: London) Contemporary Nurse 14(3):303-4.
  
  
• Procter, N.G. (2001) Review of "Ethics and Values for Care Workers", (G.V. Tadd, Blackwell Science: Oxford), Australian and New Zealand Journal of Mental Health Nursing 10(1):62-3.
  
  
• Procter, N.G. (2000) Review of "Forensic Mental Health Nursing: current approaches", (C. Chaloner and M. Coffey Eds, Blackwell Science: Oxford), Australian and New Zealand Journal of Mental Health Nursing 9(4):204-5.
  
  
• Procter, N.G. (2000) Review of "Emergencies in Mental Health Practice: evaluation and management" (Philip M. Kleespies (ed.), Guilford Press: London) Contemporary Nurse 9(1):52-53.
  
  
• Procter, N.G. (2000) Review of "Treatment Protocol Project. Management of Mental Disorders, Volume 2" (World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Mental Health and Substance Abuse: Sydney), Contemporary Nurse 9(1):53-54.

Other recent articles and papers

• Procter, N.G. and Wadiwel, D. (2008) Minimising metabolic syndrome, Synergy No 3, p. 18.
  
  
• Procter, N.G. (2006) Your move: Nursing schools must create alliances with industry, Nursing Review, October, p. 31.
  
  
• Procter, N.G. (2006) Attitude change required in mental health provision, Nursing Review, May, p. 3.
  
  
• Procter, N.G. (2006) Toward an understanding of suicide risk and protective factors, Nursing Review, February, p. 4.
  
  
• Procter, N.G. (2005) Akutt krisehjelp til asylsøkere som er sluppet ut fra internering i Australia [Safety and trust when providing an emergency care to suicidal asylum seekers in Australia], Suicidologi, 10(2): 26-29.
  
  
• Procter, N.G. (2005) Opinion: Settlement, housing, mental health and social connectedness, Synergy, No 2, 5
  
  
• Procter, N.G. and Wright, B. (2005) What is social inclusion? What are the questions? Synergy, No 1, p. 4.
  
  
• Procter, N.G. (2004) Clinical Update: Emergency mental health nursing for refugees and asylum seekers. Australian Nursing Journal, 12(6): 21-23.
  
  
• Procter, N.G. (2004) "Paper plates and throwaway cutlery": Aspects of generating trust during mental health initiatives with asylum seekers released from Immigration Detention Centres. Synergy, No 4, p. 8-9.
  
  
• Procter, N.G. (2004) Beyond Asylum: The significance of supportive counselling in the process of seeking asylum. Nursing Review, March, p. 5.
  
  
• Procter, N.G. (2004) Temporary to permanent - it's a trust issue, Hospital and Healthcare, (Sept), pp. 11-12.
  
  
• Procter, N.G. (Dec2003/Jan2004) Decisive Leadership in Mental Health. Hospital and Healthcare pp. 10-11.
  
  
• Procter, N.G. (2003) Mohammad walking blindfolded on the moon. Australian Mosaic, Issue 3, Winter pp. 40-2.
  
  

Recent Invited Conference Keynote Addresses

• 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.
  
  
• 2004 Keynote Address: Resources, Synergies and Alliances When Designing Clinical Pathways in Mental Health Practice. First State Transcultural Mental Health Conference (Western Australia) Similarities and Differences: Working Together, Perth, October 21-22.
  
  
• 2004 Keynote Address: "I Can See My Life Exploding Right Before My Eyes". Clinical Innovation, Leadership and Workforce Development When Supporting Suicidal Asylum Seekers Released from Immigration Detention. Australian and New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses International 30th Conference. National Convention Centre, Canberra, Australia, September 23.
  
  
• 2004 Keynote: "Hypothetical" with Geoffrey Robertson QC. The Rights of People with Mental Illness Vs Duty of Care. Australian and New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses International 30th Conference. National Convention Centre, Canberra, Australia, September 21.
  
  
• 2004 Keynote Address: Trust, Repositioning and the New Middle Ground. National Refugee Men's Health Forum, New South Wales Health, Sydney, Australia, September 6.
  
  
• 2004 Keynote Address: Treating Suicidal Asylum Seekers Released From Immigration Detention: Social inclusion, Respect and Security. 10th Annual Hunter Mental Health Conference, Newcastle, Australia, May 14.

Recent unpublished conference and seminar presentations

International

• Baker, AEZ, Procter, NG & Gibbons, T, 2010, The relevance and application of virtue ethics within occupational therapy practice, paper to be presented at the 15th WFOT Congress, Santiago Chile, 4 – 7 May 2010.
  
  
• 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 be presented at 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 be presented at the Hawaii International Conference on Education, Hawaii, Jan 7-10.
  
  
• Baker, AEZ, Procter, NG & Gibbons, T 2008, An exploration into the meaning, scope and consequences of loss resulting from mental illness and a call for action from occupational therapists’, poster presented at the OT AUSTRALIA 23rd National Conference & Exhibition, Melbourne, 11 – 12 September.
  
  
• Procter, NG (2008) Cultural competence and administration of antidepressant medication for people of refugee background. Paper to the World Psychiatric Association Thematic Conference: Depression and Other Mental Disorders in Primary Care, Granada, Spain, June 18.
  
  
• Procter, NG (2008) Cultural considerations and antidepressant medication for people of refugee background in Australia. Paper to the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Middlesex University, Highgate Hill, London, June 24.
  
  
• Procter, NG, Grech, C, Birchmore, E, Davey, G (2008) Evidence based mentoring for mental health nurse practitioner candidates in South Australia. Paper to the 1st International Evidence Based Nursing Conference, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, June 27.
  
  
• Stewart, H., Ziaian, Z., Procter, N., Warland, J., (2007) Young refugees with mental health needs: An exploratory study of help-seeking. Paper to the 8th International Mental Health Conference, Brisbane, Qld, August.
  
  
• Ziaian, T., Procter, N., Stewart, H., Warland, J., Sawyer, M., Baghurst, P., & Tsoulis, E. (2007) Young refugees with emotional and mental health needs: Challenges and lessons. Paper to the 8th International Mental Health Conference, Qld, August.
  
  
• Ziaian, T., Procter, N.G., Stewart, H., Sawyer, M., Baghurst, P., Tsoulis, E. (2006) Mental health and well-being of refugee children and adolescents in South Australia. Paper to the Joint Conference of the Australian Psychological Society and New Zealand Psychological Society, Auckland, September 26.
  
  
• Griffiths, M. and Procter, NG (2006) Beyond Words: lessons on translation, trust and meaning from the “No more ‘mualagh’ project”. Paper to the National Medicines Symposium Canberra 8 June.
  
  
• Procter, N.G (2005) Reciprocity in Education: A Model of Interactive Learning Between Migrant Communities and Mainstream Mental Health Services. Paper to the International Conference on Engaging Communities, Brisbane, Australia, August 14-17.
  
  
• Procter, N.G. (2004) On Treating Suicidal Asylum Seekers Released from Indefinite Mandatory Immigration Detention Centres. Paper to the Academy for Migration Sudies (AMID) 13th Nordic Migration Conference, Aalborg, Denmark, November 20.
  
  
• Procter, N.G. (2004) Suicide risk and protective factors for Afghan Hazara refugees released from Australian Immigration Detention Centres on Temporary Protection Visas. Symposia to the Suicide Research and Prevention Unit University of Oslo, Norway May 26.
  
  
• Procter, N.G. and Aylward, P. (2003) Transcultural mental health research: Talking and listening transculturally. Symposia to the 4th International Interdisciplinary Advances in Qualitative Methods Conference, Alberta, Canada, May 2-4.
  
  
• Procter, N.G. (2001) Mental health in a global context: Examining the lives of Serbian Australians in the Shadow of the Balkan War. Symposia to the Oslo University College Department of Health Science Seminar Program, Oslo, Norway, September 14.