Chris Tanti

TL;DR: Headspace aims to improve access, and service cohesion and quality, and ultimately health and social outcomes, for young people aged 12–25 years experiencing mental illness and related substance use problems.

TL;DR: The first national profile of the characteristics of young people accessing headspace centre services is provided to investigate whether headspace is providing early service access for adolescents and young adults with emerging mental health problems.

TL;DR: This research aims to examine changes in psychological distress and psychosocial functioning in young people presenting to headspace centres across Australia for mental health problems.

TL;DR: The services provided to young people aged 12–25 years who attend headspace centres across Australia, and how these services are being delivered are described.

TL;DR: In an era when the physi-cal health of young people has never been better, they are vulnerable to developing potentially intractable and enduring mental health difficulties with the inevitable per-sonal, familial, social and vocational consequencesthat accompany the experience of mental ill-health.