Are we reaching them yet? Service access patterns among attendees at the headspace youth mental health initiative
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Background: Australian young people have a high prevalence of mental health problems but low rates of service use. This article examines whether the Australian National Youth Mental Health Foundation, headspace , has helped redress this through providing youth‐specific services. Method: The article compares headspace service use demographics with population data from the A ustralian S urvey of M ental H ealth and W ellbeing from 2007. Results: Headspace has improved access relative to the population, particularly among males and socially and economically excluded young people. Conclusions: Despite overall successes, certain ethnic and age groups appear under‐represented and in need of more careful targeting by youth mental health services.
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An independent evaluation of Headspace has shown positive effects of the service in terms of reducing suicide ideation, self-harm, and number of absent school or work days.
“An independent evaluation of Headspace has shown positive effects of the service in terms of reducing suicide ideation, self-harm, and number of absent school or work days [133].”
From Prevention and early intervention in youth mental health: is it time for a multidisciplinary and trans-diagnostic model for care? (2020) · cites this paper as [133]
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- Authors
- Patulny, R., Muir, K., Powell, A., Flaxman, S., & Oprea, I.
- Affiliations
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Patulny, Roger
- Venue
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2012-04-04
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 95-102
- ISSN
- 1475-357X (ISSN-L)
- 1475-3588
- OpenAlex
- W2078696014
- Cited by
- 32
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- 40
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- FWCI
- 2.89
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- figshare.com
- Locations
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Lincoln Repository (University of Lincoln) (submittedVersion)
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- Funders
- University of New South Wales
- University of Melbourne
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychology and Mental Health
- Keywords
- child and adolescent mental health services, headspace, access to services, underrepresented groups, ethnic minority youth, economically disadvantaged youth, gender differences, service targeting
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