MHFA in the Media

 

January 2008

On Australia Day Betty Kitchener received an OAM for her work developing the MHFA Program

September 2006

NSW MHFA Instructor Narelle Heywood in newspaper article about delivering a MHFA course in Wagga, NSW
Article PDF (249kb) (opens in new window)

April 2006

The Senate Select Committee on Mental Health has released its final report: "A national approach to mental health - from crisis to community".

This enquiry is one of the largest and most comprehensive investigations into the state of mental health in Australia. The MHFA course is included in 2 of its recommendations:

Recommendation 4 (p7-8)
"The committee recommends that Australian Health Ministers agree to….

Recommendation 88 (24)

31 March 2006

Betty Kitchener interviewed by the Alberta Mental health Board, Canada about the introduction of the MHFA Program to Canada. http://www.amhb.ab.ca/Publications/publications/openMinds/Pages/default.aspx
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13 July 2005

Julie McCrossin from the Life Matters Program on ABC National Radio talks with Betty Kitchener & Tony Jorm about Mental Health Literacy.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/lm/stories/s1412629.htm (Opens in new window)

18th November 2004

Paula Goodyer from the Sydney Morning Herald interviewed Betty Kitchener and Professor Tony Jorm about the Mental Health First Aid program. The resulting article was published in the Sydney Morning Herald's Health section on the 18th November 2004. The text from that article can be found here:
smh_181104.doc (Opens in new window).

30th August 2004

When the successful evaluation trial of the MHFA Program in the workplace was published, Dr Norman Swan interviewed Prof Tony Jorm & Betty Kitchener on ABC Radio National for the Health Report Program. The script can be read here:
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/helthrpt/stories/s1186674.htm (Opens in new window).

16 May 2003

There is also a report of the Mental Health First Aid Program written up in the Psychiatric News:
http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/38/10/32 (Opens in new window).

2 October 2001

The MHFA Program was first in the media on ABC TV on the Health Dimensions Program. The script of the interview between Dr Norman Swan and Betty Kitchener can be read here:
http://www.abc.net.au/dimensions/health/transcripts/s381353.htm (Opens in new window).

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