Betty Ann Kitchener

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Betty Ann Kitchener AM (born 1951 ) is an Australian nurse and founder of the mental health educational initiative Mental Health First Aid .

Career

Betty Kitchener is a trained educator, nurse and coach. She is also a patient advocate for mental health after having repeatedly experienced severe depression. She was a lecturer at the Australian National University and the University of Melbourne . She was Managing Director of Mental Health First Aid Australia until the end of 2016. Kitchener is an honorary professor at Deakin University .

Charitable commitment

In 2000, Kitchener and her husband, Anthony Jorm, a mental health researcher, founded Mental Health First Aid in Canberra . Mental Health First Aid is an educational initiative that trains lay people to help other people who are in a mental crisis or developing mental health problems. This program is offered in 27 countries worldwide. By 2020, over 850,000 Australians (over 3% of the population) and nearly 4 million people worldwide have received training in mental health first aid through MHFA.

Mental Health First Aid trainings are now offered in numerous countries, including Australia, Bangladesh, Bermuda, China, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Great Britain, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Japan, Canada, Luxembourg, Malta, Nepal, New Zealand , Netherlands, Austria, Pakistan, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, USA and United Arab Emirates.

Honourings and prices

Kitchener has received numerous awards and honors for her work for Mental Health First Aid, including: - Order of Australia Medal (OAM),

- Excellence in Mental Health Education, National Council of Behavioral Healthcare, USA,

- Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health Services Award, MHS,

- Induction to the Victorian Honor Roll of Women, 2011.

- Finalist, Victorian Senior Australian of the Year ,

- Australia's 100 Women of Influence Award,

- Member of the Order of Australia (AM), 2015, for significant service to the community through mental health support and research and education programs.

- The Betty Kitchener Prize, introduced in 2019 by Canberra University to support students with mental health research projects,

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Australia Day: Australian of the Year Awards . Retrieved January 29, 2015.
  2. ↑ https://mhfa.com.au/sites/default/files/betty-book-no-messages-web.pdf
  3. ^ A b c d Office of Women's Policy, Department of Human Services. 2011 Victorian Honor Roll of Women. ( Memento of the original from May 22, 2020 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Melbourne, Victoria. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dhs.vic.gov.au
  4. ↑ https://mhfa.com.au/about/our-activities/our-purpose-vision-mission
  5. ↑ 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] .
  6. ↑ https://mhfa.com.au/sites/default/files/betty-book-no-messages-web.pdf
  7. ↑ https://mhfa.com.au/instructor/135
  8. ↑ a b c Bidinost, M. (November 5, 2005). "Mental first aid". The Age. p. 31.
  9. ^ Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia: Media Notes. Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia in the General Division .
  10. ^ University of Melbourne: Find an Expert: Profiling the University of Melbourne's Researchers .
  11. ↑ https://mhfa.com.au/instructor/135
  12. ^ Mental Health First Aid Australia: Our Team . Retrieved September 14, 2012.
  13. ^ Deakin University: Directory of staff . Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  14. ↑ https://theconversation.com/institutions/deakin-university-757/authors
  15. ↑ Kitchener, BA & Jorm, AF (2008). Mental health first aid: An international program for early intervention. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 2, 55-61.
  16. ↑ https://www.mhfa-ersthelfer.de/de/was-ist-mhfa/guidelines/
  17. ↑ https://www.mhfa-ersthelfer.de/de/uber-uns/
  18. ↑ https://mhfa.com.au/our-impact/our-global-impact
  19. ↑ https://mhfa.com.au/our-impact/our-global-impact
  20. ^ Australian Government: It's An Honor: Australia Celebrating Australians . Retrieved December 26, 2011.
  21. ↑ https://mhfa.com.au/sites/default/files/betty-book-no-messages-web.pdf
  22. ↑ https://mhfa.com.au/sites/default/files/betty-book-no-messages-web.pdf
  23. ↑ https://mhfa.com.au/our-impact/awards
  24. ^ National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare: 2008 Awards of Excellence . Retrieved December 26, 2011.
  25. ↑ https://mhfa.com.au/our-impact/awards
  26. ↑ https://mhfa.com.au/sites/default/files/betty-book-no-messages-web.pdf
  27. ^ National Australia Day Council: Honor Roll . Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  28. ↑ https://mhfa.com.au/sites/default/files/betty-book-no-messages-web.pdf
  29. ^ Australian Financial Review: Australia's 100 Women of Influence . Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  30. ↑ https://mhfa.com.au/our-impact/awards
  31. ↑ Member (AM) of the Order of Australia in the General Division (pdf) Official Secretary to the Governor-General of Australia. January 26, 2015. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
  32. ^ University of Canberra: UC announces the Betty Kitchener Prize to help support important mental health research projects . Retrieved November 4, 2019.