YOUTH

Clinical and functional characteristics of a subsample of young people presenting for primary mental healthcare at headspace services across Australia

**PURPOSE:** Headspace services provide treatment options to young people seeking mental healthcare. To obtain a better understanding of needs and characteristics of this population, and effectively evaluate services, we require novel youth-specific outcome measures...

Need for clinical neuropsychological assessment in headspace youth mental health services: A national survey of providers

**Objective** To determine the perceived met and unmet need for clinical neuropsychological assessment (CNA) in headspace youth mental health services Australia wide. **Method** Brief online survey of headspace service providers exploring the number and types of clients seen, confidence in identifying neurocognitive impairments, and need, availability and usefulness of CNA...