HEADSPACE is the National Youth Mental Health Foundation providing early intervention mental health services to 12-25 year olds, along with assistance in promoting young peoples’ wellbeing. This covers four core areas: mental health, physical health, work and study support and alcohol and other drug services.  

Information and services for young people, their families and friends as well as health professionals can be accessed through this website, headspace centres, online counselling service eheadspace, the Digital Work and Study Service and postvention suicide support program headspace School Support. 

If you're a young person aged 12 to 25, based in a regional or rural area and you want to access qualified and skilled psychiatrists that specialise in youth mental health, the headspace National Telehealth Service could be available for you. To access this service, please check that you meet all of the below criteria:

• You are aged between 12 and 25 years
• Based in a regional or rural area
• Already accessing a headspace centre for support
• Referred to this service either by your local GP or a headspace centre's GP
• A mental health treatment plan is not required.
• For more information on the National Telehealth services: https://headspace.org.au/national-telehealth-service/

headspace Clinical Reference Group oversee and approve clinical resources made available on this website.
headspace centres are located across metropolitan, regional and rural areas of Australia. They are built and designed with input from young people so they don't have the same look or feel as other clinical services. The centres are there to help people access health workers – whether it’s a GP, psychologist, social worker, alcohol and drug worker, counsellor, vocational worker or youth worker. You can find your nearest headspace centre here.

Services at a headspace centre are either free, or have a low cost. You can ask if there is a cost when you make your appointment. Some services require you to have a referral from a doctor; but don't worry headspace can help you with this as well. 

The role that headspace centres play in helping young people has been overwhelmingly effective, with 60 per cent of our clients showing significant improvement. The other 40 per cent are still on their journeys and are continuing to receive services at headspace or alternative services.