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Are we reaching them yet? Service access patterns among attendees at the headspace youth mental health initiative

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: 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 Australian Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing 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.

Source: Child and Adolescent Mental Health

DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2012.00662.x

Authors: Roger Patulny, Kristy Muir, Abigail Powell, Saul Flaxman, Ioana Oprea

Institution: UNSW Sydney

Language: English

Topic: Mental Health Treatment and Access

Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funders: University of New South Wales, University of Melbourne