Awards and Endorsements
World Health Organisation
Read what the World Health Organisation says about FRIENDS programs
Australian Human Rights Award
Professor Paula Barrett was awarded the Highly Commended certificate for the Human Rights Medal for 2009 for her FRIENDS for Life program for the prevention and treatment of anxiety and depression. The awards are presented by the Australian Human Rights Commission.
Telstra Businesswoman of the Year Awards
Australian of the Year Award, Queensland, Finalist 2008
Queenslander of the Year Award, Finalist 2008
“Lord Mayor’s Australia Day Achievement Award” for outstanding services in the community for families and children, 2007
Brain and Mind Research Institute (University of Sydney) and The Centre for Mental Health Research (The Australian National University) recognition of being amongst the top 1 percent of publishers within the field of Psychology and Psychiatry at an international level.
Australian Psychological Society, Early Career Award, 1999
