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MS BETTY KITCHENER



Contact Details

Organization: Centre for Youth Mental Health
Position: SENIOR LECTURER - ORYGEN
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Homepage: 9376 0181
Work: 9342 3771
Mobile: 0401 449 680
Fax: 9342 3745
Building: No Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
youth mental health Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Community Counselling Canberra College of Advanced Education 13-Jun-1990
Special Education Canberra College of Advanced Education 17-Jun-1987
Diabetes Education Deakin University 16-Jun-1999
Nursing University of Canberra 15-Jun-1994
Arts University of New South Wales 16-Jun-1976
Masters of Nursing University of Canberra 16-Jun-1998

Honours

Honour Date Awarded
Medal of the Order of Australia 2008

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) The Australian National University Vice-Chancellor's Award for Community Outreach 01-Jul-2004
Other (Award) Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research (ASPR) Consumer Researcher 01-Dec-2004
Other (Award) Suicide Prevention Australia Winner of the National Life Award for the MHFA Program 01-Sep-2007
Other (Award) Australia and New Zealand Mental Health Service Winner of the Achievement Award - Gold for the MHFA Program 01-Sep-2007
Other (Award) Australia and New Zealand Mental Health Service Winner of the Achievement award for the MHFA Program 01-Sep-2003
Other (Award) National Council of Behavioral Healthcare, USA Excellence in Mental Health Innovations 13-Mar-2008
Other (Award) Victorian Department of Human Services Winner of the Victorian Public Health Award for Program Innovation 05-Sep-2006

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
DEVELOPMENT OF DEPRESSION FIRST AID STANDARDS FOR INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS Chief Investigator BEYONDBLUE Victorian Centre of Excellence in Depression and Related Disorders Grants 08/11/2006
"Mental Health First Aid Training for Teachers: Development, Evaluation and Dissemination" Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Projects 01/01/2007
Mental health first aid training by e-learning: a randomized controlled trial Chief Investigator AUST ROTARY HEALTH RESEARCH FUND Mental Illness Research Grant 01/11/2007

Additional Grant and Contract Information

Recipient of the Rowan Nicks Russell Drysdale Fellowship, University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine, 2007 - 2008.

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

  • Development of mental health first aid guidelines for panic attacks: a Delphi study
    Year: 2009
    Journal: BMC Psychiatry
    Volume: 9
    Page numbers: 49
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  • First aid for eating disorders
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Eating Disorders: the journal of treatment and prevention
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 357-384
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Development of mental health first aid guidelines for suicidal ideation and behaviour: a Delphi study


     


    Year: 2008
    Journal: BMC Psychiatry
    Volume: 8
    Page numbers: 17-26
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  • First aid for depression: a Delphi consensus study with consumers, carers and clinicians


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Affective Disorders
    Volume: 105
    Issue: 1-3
    Page numbers: 157-65
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  • First aid recommendations for psychosis: using the Delphi method to gain consensus between mental health consumers, carers and clinicians


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Schizophrenia Bulletin
    Volume: 34
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 435-443
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  • Mental health first aid: an international programme for early intervention


     


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Early Intervention in Psychiatry
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 55-61
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  • Development of mental health first aid guidelines for deliberate non-suicidal self-injury: A Delphi study
    Year: 2008
    Journal: BMC Psychiatry
    Volume: 8
    Page numbers: 62-71
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Major Reference Works

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health first aid workbook:

    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health first aid workbook


    Year: 2008
    Reference Work Title: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health first aid workbook
    Publisher: ORYGEN Research Centre(Melbourne)
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  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health fist aid manual:Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health first aid manual
    Year: 2008
    Reference Work Title: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health fist aid manual
    Publisher: ORYGEN Research Centre(Melbourne)
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Creative Works

Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Mental Health First Aid Training for members of the public
    Year: 2007
    Journal: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology
    Volume: 141-151
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 1
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Major Reference Works

  • :Youth Mental Health First Aid: a manual for adults assisting youth
    Year: 2007
    Publisher: ORYGEN Research Centre(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Mental health first aid training: review of evaluation studies


    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 40
    Page numbers: 6-8
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  • Research on mental health literacy: what we know and what we still need to know
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 40
    Page numbers: 3-5
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Creative Works

  • Mental health first aid in the workplace: an e-learning course
    Year: 2006
    Book/Anthology/Journal/Catalogue Title: Mental health first aid in the workplace: an e-learning course
    Edition: 1
    Publisher: Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR)(Canberra)
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Experiences in applying skills learned in mental health first aid traing course: A qualitative study of participants' stories
    Year: 2005
    Journal: BMC Psychiatry
    Volume: 5
    Issue: 43
    Page numbers: 1-10
    Publisher: Biomed Central(London)
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  • Mental health first aid responses of the public: results from an Australian national survey
    Year: 2005
    Journal: BMC Psychiatry
    Volume: 5
    Page numbers: 9-17
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Mental health first aid training of the public in a rural area: a cluster randomized trial [ISRCTN53887541]


    Year: 2004
    Journal: BMC Psychiatry
    Volume: 4
    Page numbers: 33-41
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  • Mental health first aid training in a workplace setting: A randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN13249129]
    Year: 2004
    Journal: BMC Psychiatry
    Volume: 4
    Page numbers: 23-30
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Mental health first aid training for the public: evaluation of effects on knowledge, attitudes and helping behavior


    Year: 2002
    Journal: BMC Psychiatry
    Volume: 2
    Page numbers: 10-15
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Major Reference Works

  • Mental Health First Aid Manual:Mental Health First Aid Manual
    Year: 2002
    Reference Work Title: Mental Health First Aid Manual
    Publisher: Australian National University(Canberra)
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