The services provided to young people by headspace centres in Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 202, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 533-537

  Rickwood, Debra J ^a,b   Telford, Nic R ^b   Mazzer, Kelly R ^b   Parker, Alexandra G ^b   Tanti, Chris J ^b   McGorry, Patrick D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b National Youth Mental Health Foundation   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; FUNDING; HEADSPACE CENTRE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIAL PROBLEM; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; MANPOWER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HUMANS; MALE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930162278     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja14.01695     Document Type: Article

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