Greg Carter

Conjoint Professor Greg Carter

MBBS. FRANZCP. Cert Child Psych. PhD.

Primary Research Focus:
Suicide Prevention

Works with:
University of Newcastle


Conjoint Professor GREGORY CARTER M.B.B.S. FRANZCP. Certificate of Training in Child Psychiatry. PhD. Professor Carter is currently the Senior Staff Specialist and Acting Director of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, Calvary Mater Newcastle Hospital, Waratah; and Conjoint Professor in Psychiatry in the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Newcastle. He is Lead Clinician for Psycho-Oncology in the Hunter New England Cancer Network. He is also Principal Researcher in the Centre for Brain and Mental Health Research, University of Newcastle. He is Chair of the ITC Committee for the RANZCP. His current areas of clinical and research interest include; deliberate self poisoning, suicide prevention, epidemiology of suicidal behaviours, attitudes to euthanasia, delirium, toxicology of psycho-active drugs, post-stroke depression, organ donation and psycho-oncology. He maintains an interest in Tourette’s Disorder, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in children and adolescents. He is member of: the RANZCP (Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists), the ASPR (Australasian Society of Psychiatric Research), the Dialectical Behavior Therapy Strategic Planning Group (University of Washington), the AACAP (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry), the AAS (American Academy of Suicidology), the IASR (International Association of Suicide Researchers), and the Psycho-Oncology Cooperative Research Group (PoCoG), Australia.

Research areas:
  • Adults
  • Children or young people
  • Suicidal behaviour(suicidal ideation, suicidal risk, suicide attempt)
  • Mental health, mental ill health
  • Interventions
Available for:
  • Research opportunities
  • Innovative approaches to suicide prevention
  • Connecting with post-graduate candidates
  • Collaboration with Australian suicide prevention services, programs and resources
Greg Carter
Conjoint Professor Greg Carter

Primary Research Focus:
Suicide Prevention

Works with:
University of Newcastle