Cath Roper holds a pioneering consumer academic role at the Centre for Psychiatric Nursing. Using perspectives arising from lived experience of mental health services, Cath develops and co-delivers training across specialist mental health service setting, and co-ordinates, teaches, assesses a core consumer perspective subject in the Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing, Mental Health.
Cath has an international profile as a speaker, keynote and scholar. Her research interests include the development of consumer perspective as a discipline, and consumer decision-making, human rights and ethics in the context of mental health legislation. Cath has co-chaired government committees, worked as a consumer surveyor with the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards, been engaged for policy development, and built up strong, collegial relationships with local, national and international service user academics and leaders.
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FEATURED Journal article
Establishing an expert mental health consumer research group: Perspectives of nonconsumer researchers
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Lifetime Achievement Award
Gold Achievement Award
Credentials
Positions
Lecturer (Mernatl Health Consumer Acad)
Nursing
Education
Bachelor of Arts
La Trobe University
Graduate Diploma in Education
University of Melbourne
Masters in Social Health
University of Melbourne