Patients first: Getting youth mental health right…finally?

Getting it right! Enhancing youth involvement in mental health research

BACKGROUND Few studies relating to youth mental health have actively involved young people in the design and conduct of research. AIMS This qualitative study explores the perceptions of young people about involving them in mental health research. METHOD An opportunistic sample of eight young people (aged 14-24 years) from non-statutory mental health organizations was interviewed. Interviews...

Promoting youth mental health.

Child and adolescent psychiatrists often work with children before mental health conditions ve fully formed. Specialists working in the d say this opportunity to intervene early d improve quality of life for decades to e is what makes their specialty so arding. In this issue of MJA Careers, talk to several child and adolescent chiatrists, ranging from a registrar (page C2), to a prominent, expe...

Interactions between youth and mental health professionals: The Youth Aware of Mental health (YAM) program experience

THE YOUTH AWARE OF MENTAL HEALTH (YAM) EXPERIENCE Youth stand at the core of much mental health promotion, yet little is written about their experiences of such efforts. We aimed to take this on by interviewing youth after they participated in Youth Aware of Mental Health (YAM), a universal mental health promotion program. YAM has a non-anticipatory methodology that provides youth with a safe s...

“Getting Burned” and Getting Care: Observations of High-Risk Youth Concerning STD Health Seeking Behavior

Innovation in youth mental health services in Australia: common characteristics across the first headspace centres.

AIM headspace centres comprise a significant innovation in community-based youth mental health service delivery in Australia. This paper examines the service activity of the first headspace centres to determine common and unique practice characteristics across headspace centres in this new approach to mental health service delivery. METHODS Data come from quarterly progress reports provided b...