Latest evidence casts further doubt on the effectiveness of headspace
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Despite significant government expenditure on headspace, youth mental health outcomes still need improvement
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The main criticisms of integrated youth mental health care have been that focusing on early-stage illness can detract from or divert focus from the care of later stages of illness, that the models have insufficient clinical expertise, and that the evidence for the benefits provided is insufficient.
“The main criticisms of integrated youth mental health care have been that focusing on early-stage illness can detract from or divert focus from the care of later stages of illness, that the models have insufficient clinical expertise, and that the evidence for the benefits provided is insufficient.”
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- Authors
- Kisely, S., & Looi, J. C.
- Affiliations
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Australian National University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Kisely, Steve
- Venue
- Medical Journal of Australia
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2022-09-11
- Volume
- 217
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 388-390
- ISSN
- 0025-729X (ISSN-L)
- 1326-5377
- PMC
- PMC9826401
- OpenAlex
- W4295154712
- Cited by
- 15
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 5
- FWCI
- 2.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- The Medical Journal of Australia (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Griffith Research Online (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- ANU Open Research (Australian National University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Keywords
- headspace, child and adolescent mental health services, program effectiveness, government spending, mental health outcomes, adolescents
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