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headspace

headspace is Australia’s National Youth Mental Health Foundation, providing early intervention mental health services to 12–25 year-olds.

Each year, headspace helps thousands of young people access vital support through their headspace centres in communities across Australia, their online and phone counselling services, their vocational services, and their presence in schools.

How headspace can help

headspace can help young people with:

  • mental health
  • physical health (including sexual health)
  • alcohol and other drug services
  • work and study support.

headspace services include:

  • headspace centres, which provide young people with access to a range of health workers — including doctors, psychologists, social workers, alcohol and drug workers, counsellors, vocational workers, occupational therapists and youth workers. Services are either free or have a low cost.
  • headspace Work & Study, which offers tailored 1-on-1 support to help young people achieve their work and study goals. Learn more about headspace Work & Study.
  • headspace Schools & Communities, which helps primary secondary schools prepare for, respond to and recover from suicide. headspace also undertakes a range of activities to increase the awareness of headspace and its services and reduce the impact of mental health stigma.
  • The headspace website, which provides information on services, as well as resources for young people, their family, educators and health professionals. Young people and family can also create a headspace account to access group chats and curate a mental health toolkit.

Information / helpline

  • eheadspace is a nation-wide online and telephone service, where young people and family can connect with a mental health clinician via web chat, telephone and email. eheadspace is a free service, available from 9am to 1am AEST, 365 days of the year. Access eheadspace online or phone 1800 650 890

headspace is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care.

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This information was originally published on healthdirect - headspace.

Last reviewed: December 2024

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