Australia's innovation in youth mental health care: The headspace centre model

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 159-166

  Rickwood, Debra ^a,b   Paraskakis, Marie ^a   Quin, Diana ^a   Hobbs, Nathan ^a   Ryall, Vikki ^a   Trethowan, Jason ^a   McGorry, Patrick ^c  

^a Headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c THE NATIONAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

early intervention; integrated models; mental health; models of care; youth

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EARLY INTERVENTION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH WORKFORCE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STAFF TRAINING; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; TRANSITIONAL CARE; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85054832003     PISSN: 17517885     EISSN: 17517893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eip.12740     Document Type: Article

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