Kelly R. Mazzer

Changes in psychological distress and psychosocial functioning in young people visiting headspace centres for mental health problems

Objectives: To examine changes in psychological distress and psychosocial functioning in young people presenting to headspace centres across Australia for mental health problems.

The services provided to young people through the headspace centres across Australia.

Objectives: To describe the services provided to young people aged 12–25 years who attend headspace centres across Australia, and how these services are being delivered.

Community Gatekeepers’ Advice to Young People to Seek Help from Mental Health Professionals: Youth Workers and Sport Coaches

This study investigated the intentions of community gatekeepers, youth workers and coaches to refer young people to mental health professionals, and examined the factors that influence the advice gatekeepers give to young people concerning helpseeking for mental health problems. The Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) was used as a framework, and gatekeepers’ attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control were expected to predict referral intentions. These constructs were expected to mediate the effects on referral intentions of past referral behaviour, own help-seeking intentions, perceived helpfulness of mental health services and emotional competence. Youth workers (N = 92) and coaches (N = 47) completed a self-report questionnaire that measured intentions to refer young people to sources of help and factors that influence those intentions. Path analysis revealed that the TPB constructs did not effectively predict gatekeepers’ referral intentions. Rather, past referral behaviour, perceived helpfulness and own help-seeking intentions had direct influences on referral intentions, collectively accounting for 39% of the variance in gatekeepers’ intentions to refer. The results are discussed with regard to practical implications for helping young people seek the mental health support they need.

Satisfaction with youth mental health services: further scale development and findings from headspace - Australia's National Youth Mental Health Foundation.

This study aimed to determine the psychometric properties of the headspace youth (mental health) service satisfaction scale (YSSS), a 14‐item purpose‐designed scale for use with adolescents and young adults attending headspace centres, and to examine the level of satisfaction with headspace centre services and the client characteristics that predict this.