Toward a Twenty-First Century Approach to Youth Mental Health Care

Purcell, Rosemary; Goldstone, Sherilyn; Moran, John W.; Albiston, Dianne; Edwards, Jane; Pennell, Kerryn; McGorry, Patrick D.

doi:10.2753/imh0020-7411400204

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“…Centres are expected to have a "no wrong door" policy so that young people can present with any issue, meaning they and their families do not have to navigate a complex care system on their own. This is in marked contrast to traditional mental health services in Australia, and elsewhere, which have many exclusion criteria (Purcell et al, 2011). Centres are expected to provide a timely response to young people and wait times are routinely monitored through the headspace minimum data set.…”

Section: Enhanced Accessmentioning

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

Rickwood

Paraskakis

Quin

et al. 2018

Early Intervention Psych

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Aim headspace is Australia's innovation in youth mental healthcare and comprises the largest national network of enhanced primary care, youth mental health centres world‐wide. headspace centres aim to intervene early in the development of mental ill‐health for young people aged 12 to 25 years by breaking down the barriers to service access experienced by adolescents and emerging adults and providing holistic healthcare. Centres have been progressively implemented over the past 12 years and are expected to apply a consistent model of integrated youth healthcare. Internationally, several countries are implementing related approaches, but the specific elements of such models have not been well described in the literature. Method This paper addresses this gap by providing a detailed overview of the 16 core components of the headspace centre model. Results The needs of young people and their families are the main drivers of the headspace model, which has 10 service components (youth participation, family and friends participation, community awareness, enhanced access, early intervention, appropriate care, evidence‐informed practice, four core streams, service integration, supported transitions) and six enabling components (national network, Lead Agency governance, Consortia, multidisciplinary workforce, blended funding, monitoring and evaluation). Conclusion Through implementation of these core components headspace aims to provide easy access to one‐stop, youth‐friendly mental health, physical and sexual health, alcohol and other drug, and vocational services for young people across Australia.

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Section: Enhanced Accessmentioning

confidence: 99%

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

Rickwood

Paraskakis

Quin

et al. 2018

Early Intervention Psych

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165

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“…In Australia, the highest burden of mental health disorders lies with adolescents between the ages of 15-24 years (Purcell et al 2011). Although this age group has the greatest recognized need for mental health intervention, they are also reluctant to seek mental health care (de Girolamo et al 2012;Johnson & Menna 2017), or seek help early (Lawrence et al 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

Rewriting stories of trauma through peer‐to‐peer mentoring for and by at‐risk young people

Douglas

Jackson

Woods

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Int J Mental Health Nurs

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Adverse childhood experiences are strongly associated with the development of mental health disorders during the life span. When mental health issues are not effectively dealt with during the adolescent period, young people can become long‐term consumers in the mental health system. A widely accepted method of intervention is the provision of mentoring. More recently, young people have been fulfilling the role of mentor to their peers and mentoring has played a large role in supporting young people who are considered at‐risk of not achieving the expected psychosocial, educational, and/or developmental goals. What is not known is why young people, previously identified as being at‐risk, are motivated to mentor their at‐risk peers. The study aim was to examine what motivates previously recognized at‐risk young people to provide mentoring to their at‐risk peers. Participants were twelve previously recognized at‐risk young people recruited through a formal peer‐to‐peer mentoring programme. Semi‐structured interviews were conducted, and the data analysed through narrative inquiry and reported in accordance with the consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research guidelines (COREQ). Results indicate that young people are motivated by their own lived experiences of trauma(s) to provide at‐risk peer mentoring. The experience of mentoring afforded opportunities to rewrite individual personal journeys of trauma through mentoring their at‐risk peers, thus constructing a more positive self‐identity. Outcomes of developing positive peer relationships and prosocial behaviours could significantly assist mental health clinicians in providing more acceptable care to clients in an age group known to be reluctant to accept traditional mental health intervention.

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“…The clinical programme comprises specialist outpatient clinics, an inpatient unit, psychosocial recovery programmes and an access team. 1 In 2001, family members of young people who were current clients of OYH's early psychosis clinic, the Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre (EPPIC), attended a focus group to explore their satisfaction with the service. Information from the focus group revealed that family carers appreciated that their young people were receiving good treatment and care, but they themselves often felt excluded.…”

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Family peer support work in an early intervention youth mental health service

Leggatt

Woodhead

2015

Early Intervention Psych

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This paper describes the evolution of a family peer support programme in an early intervention service in Melbourne, Australia. In response to policy directions from Federal and State governments calling for carer participation in public mental health services, and feedback from the families of young people at Orygen Youth Health, the 'Families Helping Families' project was developed. The positive acceptance by families of this innovative programme also warrants further exploration. The programme has overcome many organizational hurdles associated with specifically trained and employed family carers working alongside professional mental health clinicians. This article describes the change processes involved in implementing this programme and documents preliminary expressions of the benefits of family peer support. The contribution of lived experience in treatment and consumer care plans needs rigorous research and evaluation.

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Toward a Twenty-First Century Approach to Youth Mental Health Care

Cited by 31 publications

References 25 publications

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

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

Rewriting stories of trauma through peer‐to‐peer mentoring for and by at‐risk young people

Family peer support work in an early intervention youth mental health service

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