Rate My Professor Gregory Carter

Professor Carter's research focuses on suicide prevention, epidemiology of suicidal behaviours, deliberate self-poisoning, psycho-oncology, delirium, toxicology of psychoactive drugs, post-stroke depression, organ donation, attitudes to euthanasia, Tourette’s Disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder in children and adolescents. He chaired the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) Clinical Practice Guidelines for the management of deliberate self-harm (2016) and the ITC Committee for the RANZCP. As Chief Investigator for the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Suicide Prevention (CRESP 2.0), he contributed to national suicide prevention efforts. Key publications include the 'Postcards from the EDge' randomised controlled trial demonstrating reduced repetition of self-poisoning after five years (British Journal of Psychiatry, 2013), a meta-analysis on predicting suicidal behaviours using clinical instruments (British Journal of Psychiatry, 2017), and the efficacy trial of subcutaneous ketamine for treatment-resistant depression (British Journal of Psychiatry, 2023). With over 240 peer-reviewed journal articles, an h-index of 41, and more than 5,670 citations, his work has shaped clinical guidelines, policy, and interventions in mental health and medical settings.