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Email

croper@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Lecturer (Mental Health Consumer Acad)
Department of Nursing
Education
Bachelors Degree
La Trobe University
Masters (Coursework & Research)
University of Melbourne
Graduate Diploma
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0002-1227-096X

Ms Cath Roper

Lecturer (Mental Health Consumer Acad)
Department of Nursing

76 Scholarly works
7 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Abolition: Is this the only pathway to upholding human rights and ensuring epistemic justice in psychiatry? A key informant qualitative study
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2025.102160
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Towards Coproduction in Mental Health Academia: A Cooperative Inquiry
    DOI: 10.1111/inm.70108
  • 2025

    Journal article

    We can do better: Recommendations for mental health crisis care from people with lived experience
    DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.14528
  • 2025

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Rapid Review of Open Dialogue Approach
  • 2025

    Journal article

    From breaking point to potential transformation: temporal sequencing of mental health crisis
    DOI: 10.1080/00207411.2025.2488184
  • 2020

    Journal article

    Authentic engagement: A conceptual model for welcoming diverse and challenging consumer and survivor views in mental health research, policy, and practice
    DOI: 10.1111/inm.12653
  • 2018

    Research Contracts

    Research on Non-Coercive Practices in Mental Health
Cath Roper

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2025
2019
The Mental Health Services Award for the Consumer Academic Program
2016
Lifetime Achievement Award Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council Lifetime Achievement Award
2003
Gold Achievement Award The Mental Health Services Award for the Consumer Academic role

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2024

    Journal article

    Our Wished-for Responses: Recommendations for Creating a Lived and Embodied Sense of Safety During Mental Health Crisis
    DOI: 10.1111/hex.14122
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Helpful encounters with mental health nurses in Australia: A survey of service users and their supporters
    DOI: 10.1111/jpm.12887
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Mental health nursing capability development: Perspectives of consumers and supporters
    DOI: 10.1111/inm.13074
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Design features that reduce the use of seclusion and restraint in mental health facilities: A rapid systematic review
    DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046647
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Employed but not included: the case of consumer-worers in mental health care services
    DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2020.1863248
  • 2021

    Book Chapter

    Ending restraint: An insider view
    DOI: 10.4324/9780429355219-3

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2015

    Research Contracts

    Consultancy Services to Lead the Development of a Program Logic and Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for the Independent Mental Health Advocacy Service
  • 2013

    Research Contracts

    Reduction of Seclusion and Restraint Project

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