YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH

The youth online training and employment system: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of an online vocational intervention for young people with mental ill health

**Aim** People diagnosed with mental disorders experience higher rates of unemployment than those without. Career adaptability, defined as the ability to respond flexibly and make informed career decisions in work and throughout career transitions, is becoming increasingly important as the nature of work changes rapidly...

The youth online training and employment system: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of an online vocational intervention for young people with mental ill health

**AIM:** People diagnosed with mental disorders experience higher rates of unemployment than those without. Career adaptability, defined as the ability to respond flexibly and make informed career decisions in work and throughout career transitions, is becoming increasingly important as the nature of work changes rapidly...

Youth access clinics in Gippsland: Barriers and enablers to service accessibility in rural settings

**Aim** Approximately 15 years ago, four youth access clinics (YACs) were established in the Gippsland region to improve mental and general healthcare for young people living in the region. The aim of the study was to examine the barriers and enablers for young people accessing the YACs in Gippsland...

Thematic analysis of youth mental health providers' perceptions of neuropsychological assessment services

**Aim** A growing number of quantitative studies have investigated the utility of neuropsychological assessment in mental health settings. However, to the best of our knowledge, no previous study has qualitatively explored youth mental health providers' perceptions of neuropsychological assessment services...

Perceived need for neuropsychological assessment according to geographic location: A survey of Australian youth mental health clinicians

Recent studies have shown that neuropsychological assessment is a scarce resource in youth mental health settings. The need for neuropsychological assessment might differ in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas due to characteristics inherent to these different regions...

Response to Jorm: Headspace - A national and international innovation with lessons for redesign of mental health care in Australia

The design, testing and scaling up of youth mental health service reforms in Australia over the past decade provides valuable lessons for the future of health reform in Australia. In particular, the initial successes of headspace in improving access, service satisfaction and outcomes for young people with emerging mental illnesses has established a platform for reorienting mental health care towards earlier, more holistic care that is increasingly being delivered in multi-disciplinary enhanced primary care settings...