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

List of Tables
Table 2.1 Summary of evaluation data sources 11
Table 2.2 Summary of evaluation methods 12
Table 2.3 Description of outcomes variables used for DID analysis 15
Table 3.1 Demographic characteristics of headspace clients, 2013/14
financial year 20
Table 3.2 headspace clients by age group, 2013/14 financial year 21
Table 3.3 Types of relationship problems headspace clients report having 28
Table 3.4 Wait times for headspace clients, 2013-14 financial year 33
Table 3.5
Table 3.6
Table 4.1
Proportion of clients who felt that they had waited too long for an
appointment 34
Actions taken by parents/carers to encourage their young person
to attend headspace 37
K10 changes for all young people and by first and last K10
recorded 42
Table 4.2 K10 changes by demographic characteristics 44
Table 4.3
Changes in K10 score between first and last headspace treatment:
by age and gender 46
Table 4.4 Social and Occupational Functional Assessment Scale scoring 55
Table 4.5
Table 4.6
Table 4.7
Table 4.8
Transition in SOFAS classification bands from the first (row) to the
third occasion of service (column) (%) 57
Transition in SOFAS classification bands from the first (row) to the
sixth occasion of service (column) (%) 57
Changes in outcomes, ‘headspace treatment’ group and matched
‘no treatment’ group 61
Changes in outcomes, ‘headspace treatment’ and matched ‘other
treatment’ groups 64
Table 5.1 Source of formal referral into headspace 90
Table 5.2
Proportion of future care decisions for clients after specific
occasions of service (OoS) 91
Table 5.3 Proportion of main service type at headspace 93
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