Betty A Kitchener

Biographic Data

ID8236979
NAMEBetty A Kitchener
GIVEN NAMESBetty A
FAMILY NAMEKitchener
SIGNATUREKITCHENER B A
AFFILIATIONSDeakin University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2002
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX0

  • Redevelopment of mental health first aid guidelines for supporting someone experiencing a panic attack

    Open AccessKathryn Chalmers, Alyssia Rossetto et al.ARTICLEBMC Psychology2022

    This study has resulted in a more comprehensive set of guidelines than the original version, with the endorsement of 83 helping actions, compared to 27 previously. The redeveloped guidelines provide greater detail on recognising the signs of a panic attack, providing initial assistance, communicating with someone experiencing a panic attack and supporting them to seek appropriate professional help if it is needed. The guidelines will be used in f…

  • Offering mental health first aid to a person experiencing psychosis

    Open AccessFairlie A Cottrill, Kathy S Bond et al.ARTICLEBMC Psychology2021

    The redeveloped guidelines outline a general set of strategies for providing initial assistance to a person who is experiencing psychosis. Compared to the original guidelines, these redeveloped guidelines provide more detailed instruction for members of the public on how to provide mental health first aid to assist a person experiencing psychosis. The guidelines are available to the public and will be used to update the Mental Health First Aid co…

  • Offering mental health first aid to a person with depression

    Open AccessKathy S Bond, Fairlie A Cottrill et al.ARTICLEBMC Psychology2019

    This re-development has added detail to the previous version of the guidelines, giving more guidance on the role of the first aider and allowing for a more nuanced approach to providing first aid to someone with depression. These guidelines are available to the public and will be used to update the Mental Health First Aid courses

  • Assisting an Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person with gambling problems

    Open AccessKathy S Bond, Katrina Dart et al.ARTICLEBMC Psychology2017

    Experts were able to reach substantial consensus on how someone can recognise the signs of gambling problems and support an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person to change

  • How a concerned family member, friend or member of the public can help someone with gambling problems

    Open AccessKathy S Bond, Anthony F Jorm et al.ARTICLEBMC Psychology2016

    Two groups of experts were able to reach substantial consensus on how someone can recognise the signs of gambling problems and support a person to change

  • Providing mental health first aid in the workplace

    Open AccessNataly Bovopoulos, Anthony F Jorm et al.ARTICLEBMC Psychology2016

    The guidelines outline strategies for a worker to use when they are concerned about the mental health of a co-worker or employee. They will be used to inform future tailoring of Mental Health First Aid training when it is delivered in workplace settings and could influence organisational policies and procedures

  • Mental health first aid training for Australian medical and nursing students

    Open AccessKathy S Bond, Anthony F Jorm et al.ARTICLEBMC Psychology2015

    Both online and face-to-face tailored MHFA courses have the potential to improve outcomes for students with mental health problems, and may benefit the students in their future professional careers

  • Development of Guidelines for Adults on How to Communicate With Adolescents About Mental Health Problems and Other Sensitive Topics

    Open AccessJulie A Fischer, Claire M Kelly et al.ARTICLESAGE Open2013

    There is little evidence-based information available to guide adults in the general community on communicating effectively with adolescents about mental health problems or other sensitive topics. The Delphi methodology was used to develop guidelines to fill this evidence gap. An online questionnaire containing potential guideline statements was developed following a literature search and input from two focus groups. Two expert panels (Youth Menta…

  • Mental health first aid training for the public

    Open AccessBetty A Kitchener, Anthony F JormARTICLEBMC Psychiatry2002

    BACKGROUND: Many members of the public have poor mental health literacy. A Mental Health First Aid training course was developed in order to improve this. This paper describes the training course and reports an evaluation study looking at changes in knowledge, stigmatizing attitudes and help provided to others. METHODS: Data are reported on the first 210 participants in public courses. Evaluation questionnaires were given at the beginning of cour…