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Table 1 Variables captured in the ATAPS and headspace minimum datasets

From: Complementary primary mental health programs for young people in Australia: Access to Allied Psychological Services (ATAPS) and headspace

Variable

ATAPS

headspace

Sociodemographic characteristics

 Gender

√

√

 Age

√

√

 Indigeneity

√

√

 Postcode

√

√

 Low incomea

√

√

Clinical characteristics

 Previous history of mental health careb

√

√

 Diagnosis

√

 

 Stage of illnessc

 

√

Treatment received

 Number of sessionsd

√

√

 Treatment receivede

√

√

 Client copayment

√

 

Client outcomes

 K-10

√

√

 Other measures

√

 
  1. ATAPS Access to Allied Psychological Services
  2. aLow income was determined according to the GP’s judgement in ATAPS and by receiving a government benefit via headspace
  3. bThere was relatively poor compliance with the completion of ‘previous history of mental health care’ in headspace
  4. cStage 1: mild or increased risk; Stage 2: moderate or sub-threshold; Stage 3: severe or full threshold
  5. d headspace delivers both psychological and non-psychological services. Only sessions in which psychological services were delivered were analysed and may be somewhat over-represented as multiple psychological services delivered in a single session are recorded as multiple services/sessions
  6. eTreatments explicitly involving behavioural interventions and/or cognitive interventions were classified as CBT; assessment, psycho-education, relaxation strategies, skills training and/or interpersonal therapy were classified as non-CBT