Is headspace making a difference to young people’s lives?

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Figure F3 Changes in K10 score between first and last headspace treatment: FEMALE clients, by
sexual identity (LGBTI) status
Source: Authors’ calculations from hCSA data.
Figure F4 shows that the rates of clinical improvement for LGBTI males, at 13.2%, are a closer match
to non-LGBTI males (14.0%). The percentages of LGBTI and non-LGBTI young men that show either
a clinical or reliable improvement are nearly identical - 22.3% compared with 22.4%.
Figure F4 Changes in K10 score between first and last headspace treatment: MALE clients, by sexual
identity (LGBTI) status
Source: Authors’ calculations from hCSA data.
Socioeconomic status
The next set of calculations examines whether there exists a socio-economic gradient in rates of
improvement in mental health functioning among headspace clients. Young people are grouped into
quintiles using the Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) index, with the first SEIFA quintile
representing the lowest category of socio-economic advantage.
Figure F5 looks at the socio-economic profile of clinical and reliable change for females engaged
in headspace. The patterns across SEIFA reveal that the first two quintiles show a slightly higher
rate of clinical improvement – 13.6% for the first quintile and 14.4% for the second – than for the top
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