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==Community activism==
==Community activism==
In 2000, she founded Mental Health First Aid training in [[Canberra]], together with her husband Anthony Jorm, who is a mental health researcher.<ref name=NationalCouncil/><ref name=Bidinost/> Mental Health First Aid is a 12-hour face-to-face training program for members of the public to learn how to provide initial assistance to someone developing a mental health problem or in a mental health crisis (e.g. they are suicidal).<ref>Kitchener, B.A. & Jorm, A.F. (2008). Mental health first aid: An international programme for early intervention. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 2, 55-61.</ref> This program spread across Australia and by 2011 over 170,000 Australian adults had received the training (1% of the country’s adult population).<ref name="Jorm, A.F. 2011">Jorm, A.F. & Kitchener, B.A. (2011). Noting a landmark achievement: Mental Health First Aid training reaches 1% of Australian adults. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 45, 808-813.</ref> By 2015, this had reached 350,000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.canberra.edu.au/alumni/alumni-profiles#profiles/|title=Alumni profiles |author=University of Canberra|accessdate=20 March 2015 }}</ref> The training has been adapted to various cultural groups in Australia, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples,<ref>Kanowski, L.G., Jorm, A.F. & Hart, L.M. (2009). A mental health first aid training program for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: description and initial evaluation. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 3, 10.</ref> Vietnamese Australians <ref>Minas, H., Colucci, E. & Jorm, A.F. (2009). Evaluation of Mental Health First Aid training with members of the Vietnamese community in Melbourne, Australia. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 3, 19.</ref> and Chinese Australians.<ref>Lam, A.Y.K., Jorm, A.F. & Wong, D.F.K. (2010). Mental health first aid training for the Chinese community in Melbourne, Australia: effects on knowledge about and attitudes toward people with mental illness. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 4, 18.</ref> The training program has spread to many other countries, including Canada, China, Denmark, England, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Malta, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sweden, the United States, and Wales.<ref name="Jorm, A.F. 2011"/><ref>Mental Health First Aid International Newsletter, November 2012. {{cite web|url=http://www.mhfa.com.au/cms/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/MHFA-I-Newsletter-Nov-12-web.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-11-24 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421062716/http://www.mhfa.com.au/cms/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/MHFA-I-Newsletter-Nov-12-web.pdf |archivedate=2013-04-21 |df= }}</ref> By 2017, 2 million persons had been trained in Mental Health First Aid globally.<ref name="New campaign celebrates 2 Million Mental Health First Aiders worldwide">{{cite web |url=https://mhfa.com.au/news/2017-10-10/35989/new-campaign-celebrates-2-million-mental-health-first-aiders-worldwide|title=New campaign celebrates 2 Million Mental Health First Aiders worldwide |author=Mental Health First Aid Australia |accessdate=27 December 2017 }}</ref>
In 2000, she founded Mental Health First Aid training in [[Canberra]], together with her husband Anthony Jorm, who is a mental health researcher.<ref name=NationalCouncil/><ref name=Bidinost/> Mental Health First Aid is a 12-hour face-to-face training program for members of the public to learn how to provide initial assistance to someone developing a mental health problem or in a mental health crisis (e.g. they are suicidal).<ref>Kitchener, B.A. & Jorm, A.F. (2008). Mental health first aid: An international programme for early intervention. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 2, 55-61.</ref> This program spread across Australia and by 2011 over 170,000 Australian adults had received the training (1% of the country’s adult population).<ref name="Jorm, A.F. 2011">Jorm, A.F. & Kitchener, B.A. (2011). Noting a landmark achievement: Mental Health First Aid training reaches 1% of Australian adults. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 45, 808-813.</ref> By 2015, this had reached 350,000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.canberra.edu.au/alumni/alumni-profiles#profiles/|title=Alumni profiles |author=University of Canberra|accessdate=20 March 2015 }}</ref> The training has been adapted to various cultural groups in Australia, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples,<ref>Kanowski, L.G., Jorm, A.F. & Hart, L.M. (2009). A mental health first aid training program for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: description and initial evaluation. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 3, 10.</ref> Vietnamese Australians <ref>Minas, H., Colucci, E. & Jorm, A.F. (2009). Evaluation of Mental Health First Aid training with members of the Vietnamese community in Melbourne, Australia. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 3, 19.</ref> and Chinese Australians.<ref>Lam, A.Y.K., Jorm, A.F. & Wong, D.F.K. (2010). Mental health first aid training for the Chinese community in Melbourne, Australia: effects on knowledge about and attitudes toward people with mental illness. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 4, 18.</ref> The training program has spread to many other countries, including Canada, China, Denmark, England, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Malta, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sweden, the United States, and Wales.<ref name="Jorm, A.F. 2011"/><ref>Mental Health First Aid International Newsletter, November 2012. {{cite web|url=http://www.mhfa.com.au/cms/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/MHFA-I-Newsletter-Nov-12-web.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-11-24 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421062716/http://www.mhfa.com.au/cms/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/MHFA-I-Newsletter-Nov-12-web.pdf |archivedate=2013-04-21 |df= }}</ref> By the end of 2016, 2 million persons had been trained in Mental Health First Aid globally.<ref name="New campaign celebrates 2 Million Mental Health First Aiders worldwide">{{cite web |url=https://mhfa.com.au/news/2017-10-10/35989/new-campaign-celebrates-2-million-mental-health-first-aiders-worldwide|title=New campaign celebrates 2 Million Mental Health First Aiders worldwide |author=Mental Health First Aid Australia |accessdate=27 December 2017 }}</ref>


==Awards and honours==
==Awards and honours==

Revision as of 01:41, 22 August 2018

Betty Kitchener
AM
Born
Betty Ann Kitchener

1951 (age 72–73)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Alma materUniversity of New South Wales; University of Canberra
Known forEducator, mental health consumer advocate
SpouseAnthony Jorm
ChildrenTwo
Websitemhfa.com.au

Betty Ann Kitchener AM (born 1951[1]) is an Australian mental health educator who founded mental health first aid training.[2][3]

Career

Betty Kitchener trained as a teacher, counsellor and nurse.[2][4] She is also a mental health consumer advocate, having experienced recurrent major depression.[4] She has held academic appointments at the Australian National University and the University of Melbourne.[5][6] Until 2016, she was CEO of Mental Health First Aid Australia.[7] She holds an honorary Adjunct Professorship at Deakin University.[8]

Community activism

In 2000, she founded Mental Health First Aid training in Canberra, together with her husband Anthony Jorm, who is a mental health researcher.[3][4] Mental Health First Aid is a 12-hour face-to-face training program for members of the public to learn how to provide initial assistance to someone developing a mental health problem or in a mental health crisis (e.g. they are suicidal).[9] This program spread across Australia and by 2011 over 170,000 Australian adults had received the training (1% of the country’s adult population).[10] By 2015, this had reached 350,000.[11] The training has been adapted to various cultural groups in Australia, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples,[12] Vietnamese Australians [13] and Chinese Australians.[14] The training program has spread to many other countries, including Canada, China, Denmark, England, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Malta, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sweden, the United States, and Wales.[10][15] By the end of 2016, 2 million persons had been trained in Mental Health First Aid globally.[16]

Awards and honours

Kitchener has received many awards and honours for her work on Mental Health First Aid, including:

Publications

Some of her publications are the following:

  • Kitchener, B.A. & Jorm, A.F. (2002). Mental Health First Aid Manual. Canberra: Centre for Mental Health Research.
  • Kitchener, B.A. & Jorm, A.F. (2002). Mental health first aid training for the public: evaluation of effects on knowledge, attitudes and helping behavior. BMC Psychiatry, 2, 10.
  • Kitchener, B.A., Jorm, A.F. & Kelly, C.M. (2013). Mental Health First Aid Manual (Third edition). Melbourne: Mental Health First Aid Australia.
  • Kelly, C.M., Kitchener, B.A. & Jorm, A.F. (2013). Youth Mental Health First Aid: A Manual for Adults Assisting Young People (Third edition). Melbourne: Mental Health First Aid Australia.
  • Hart, L.M., Kitchener, B.A., Jorm, A.F. & Kanowski, L.G. (2010). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health First Aid Manual (Second edition). Melbourne: Mental Health First Aid Australia.
  • Kitchener, B.A. & Jorm, A.F. (2008). Mental health first aid: An international programme for early intervention. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 2, 55-61.
  • Jorm, A.F. & Kitchener, B.A. (2011). Noting a landmark achievement: Mental Health First Aid training reaches 1% of Australian adults. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 45, 808-813.
  • Hart, L.M., Kelly, C.M., Kitchener, B.A. & Jorm, A.F. (2012). teen Mental Health First Aid: A manual for young people helping their friends. Melbourne: Mental Health First Aid Australia.
  • Kitchener, B.A., Jorm, A.F. & Kelly, C.M. (2017). Older Person Mental Health First Aid: A Manual for Assisting People Aged 65+. Melbourne: Mental Health First Aid Australia.

References

  1. ^ Australia Day. "Australian of the Year Awards". Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d Office of Women’s Policy, Department of Human Services. 2011 Victorian Honour Roll of Women.[permanent dead link‍] Melbourne, Victoria.
  3. ^ a b Kitchener, B. & Jorm, T. (2013). In the beginning: Mental Health First Aid is born in Australia. National Council Magazine, Issue 1, 26.[1].
  4. ^ a b c Bidinost, M. (November 5, 2005). "Mental first aid". The Age. p. 31.
  5. ^ Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. "Media Notes. Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia in the General Division". Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  6. ^ University of Melbourne. "Find an Expert: Profiling the University of Melbourne's Researchers". Archived from the original on 13 October 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ Mental Health First Aid Australia. "Our Team". Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  8. ^ Deakin University. "Directory of staff". Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  9. ^ Kitchener, B.A. & Jorm, A.F. (2008). Mental health first aid: An international programme for early intervention. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 2, 55-61.
  10. ^ a b Jorm, A.F. & Kitchener, B.A. (2011). Noting a landmark achievement: Mental Health First Aid training reaches 1% of Australian adults. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 45, 808-813.
  11. ^ University of Canberra. "Alumni profiles". Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  12. ^ Kanowski, L.G., Jorm, A.F. & Hart, L.M. (2009). A mental health first aid training program for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: description and initial evaluation. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 3, 10.
  13. ^ Minas, H., Colucci, E. & Jorm, A.F. (2009). Evaluation of Mental Health First Aid training with members of the Vietnamese community in Melbourne, Australia. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 3, 19.
  14. ^ Lam, A.Y.K., Jorm, A.F. & Wong, D.F.K. (2010). Mental health first aid training for the Chinese community in Melbourne, Australia: effects on knowledge about and attitudes toward people with mental illness. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 4, 18.
  15. ^ Mental Health First Aid International Newsletter, November 2012. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-04-21. Retrieved 2012-11-24. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. ^ Mental Health First Aid Australia. "New campaign celebrates 2 Million Mental Health First Aiders worldwide". Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  17. ^ a b Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research. "Previous Award Recipients". Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  18. ^ Australian Government. "It's An Honour: Australia Celebrating Australians". Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  19. ^ National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare. "2008 Awards of Excellence". Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  20. ^ Mental Health Commission of Canada. "Canada's Political Leaders Take a Lesson in Mental Health". Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  21. ^ National Australia Day Council. "Honour Roll". Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  22. ^ Australian Financial Review. "Australia's 100 Women of Influence". Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  23. ^ "Member (AM) of the Order of Australia in the General Division" (pdf). Official Secretary to the Governor-General of Australia. 26 January 2015. p. 52. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  24. ^ Department of Premier and Cabinet. "Australia Day Victoria". Archived from the original on 17 March 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  25. ^ Department of Premier and Cabinet. "Australia Day 2016". Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  26. ^ Department of Premier and Cabinet. "Australia Day 2017". Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  27. ^ University of Canberra. "Distinguished Alumni Award Winners". Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  28. ^ University of New South Wales. "UNSW celebrates alumni high achievers". Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  29. ^ University of New South Wales. "Australian Mental Health Prize". Retrieved 8 December 2016.
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