Demographic and clinical characteristics of young people seeking help at youth mental health services: Baseline findings of the Transitions Study

R Purcell; AF Jorm; IB Hickie; AR Yung; C Pantelis; GP Amminger; N Glozier; E Killackey; LJ Phillips; SJ Wood; S Harrigan; A Mackinnon; E Scott; DF Hermens; AJ Guastella; A Kenyon; L Mundy; A Nichles; A Scaffidi; D Spiliotacopoulos; L Taylor; JPY Tong; S Wiltink; N Zmicerevska; PD Mcgorry

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Demographic and clinical characteristics of young people seeking help at youth mental health services: Baseline findings of the Transitions Study

R Purcell, AF Jorm, IB Hickie, AR Yung, C Pantelis, GP Amminger, N Glozier, E Killackey, LJ Phillips, SJ Wood, S Harrigan, A Mackinnon, E Scott, DF Hermens, AJ Guastella, A Kenyon, L Mundy, A Nichles, A Scaffidi, D Spiliotacopoulos Show all

Early Intervention in Psychiatry | WILEY | Published : 2015

DOI: 10.1111/eip.12133

Abstract

Aim: The Transitions Study was designed to establish a cohort of young people (12-25 years) seeking help for mental health problems, in order to longitudinally explore and refine a clinical staging model of the development and progression of mental disorders. This paper presents the baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of the cohort, particularly the nature and severity of psychopathology. Method: All eligible young people attending one of four headspace clinical services were invited to participate, and completed a battery of self-report and interviewer-administered measures of psychopathology and functional impairment at baseline, which will be repeated at the annual follow up..

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Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by a NHMRC Program Grant (ID: 566529) to McGorry, Jorm, Hickie, Yung, Pantelis, Purcell, Glozier, Wood, Killackey, Amminger and Phillips. Prof Jorm was supported by a NHMRC Australia Fellowship, Prof Christos Pantelis was supported by a NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellowship (ID: 628386), and NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Award. Prof Wood was supported by an NHMRC Clinical Career Developmental Award (ID: 359223).