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

List of Figures
Figure 3.1 Number of clients by centre round, 2013/14 19
Figure 3.2 Number of headspace clients per 1,000 population by age, 2013/14 21
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Figure 3.6
Average K10 score at presentation by age, sex-and sexuality,
headspace clients 2013/14 24
Average SOFAS scores at presentation by age and gender,
headspace clients 2013/14 25
Average SOFAS scores at presentation by age and gendersexuality
group, headspace clients 2013/14 26
Average SOFAS scores at presentation by age and Indigenous
status, headspace clients 2013/14 26
Figure 3.7 Client reported main reason for first visit to headspace, 2013/14 27
Figure 3.8 Main problem with how clients feel at the first visit, 2013/14 27
Figure 3.9
Figure 3.10
Primary presenting issue of clients as assessed by service
providers at the first visit, 2013/14 29
Distribution of headspace clients by travel distance to headspace
centre 32
Figure 3.11 Where parents/carers sought further information about headspace 36
Figure 4.1 K10 changes by commencing K10 group (%) 43
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Figure 4.8
Cumulative average change in K10 scores - by the primary issue
the young person presented with at initial consultation and total
number of visits 44
Changes in K10 score between first and last headspace treatment:
FEMALE clients, by age 46
Changes in K10 score between first and last headspace treatment:
MALE clients, by age 47
Average K10 score by visit number and total number of occasions
of service 48
Proportion of headspace clients showing clinically (CS) or reliably
(RS) significant improvement in K10, by age and occasion of
service (OoS) interval 49
Percentage of headspace clients who considered suicide in the
last year, by K10 change and intervention survey wave 50
Change in prevalence of suicidal thoughts between waves, by
gender and K10 change 51
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