Establishing new headspace services
Primary Heath Tasmania is overseeing the establishment of two new headspace services for Tasmania – a new headspace centre on Hobart’s eastern shore and an early psychosis youth service.
Primary Heath Tasmania is overseeing the establishment of two new headspace services for Tasmania – a new headspace centre on Hobart’s eastern shore and an early psychosis youth service.
The Australian Government has provided funding for a new headspace centre on Hobart’s eastern shore, and Primary Health Tasmania is working with commissioned service provider EACH and headspace National to establish the centre and associated services.
This new centre will be in addition to existing headspace centres in central Hobart, Launceston and Devonport and a satellite service in Burnie.
It is hoped the new centre will open in early 2025, although the timing will depend on suitable premises being secured and workforce recruited.
There is a shortage of suitable buildings on the eastern shore that are available for lease. EACH and Primary Health Tasmania are continuing to explore all potential sites in Rosny Park and surrounding suburbs. This includes premises that may be suitable as an interim site until a permanent home can be found for the centre.
More information about headspace services in Tasmania is available on Our Services Portal.
Primary Health Tasmania is overseeing the development of Tasmania’s first dedicated early psychosis youth service – to be known as headspace Early Psychosis.
Psychosis is a term for a range of symptoms where a person’s beliefs, thoughts, feelings, senses and behaviours are altered. Psychosis can cause someone to misinterpret or confuse what’s going on around them.
An estimated 0.4% of Australians aged 18 to 64 (around 64,000 people) are affected by psychotic illness. Around 50 per cent of people who develop a psychotic disorder will do so by the time they are in their early 20s. Psychosis can be treated, and many people can make a good recovery.
Funded by the Australian Government, the headspace Early Psychosis service will provide early intervention treatment and support to young people aged 12 to 25 years who are at high risk of or actively experiencing their first episode of psychosis.
It will use Orygen’s Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre (EPPIC) model.
The free and confidential service will be established by commissioned service provider EACH. EACH will work with young people, local communities, Primary Health Tasmania, Orygen, headspace National, and Tasmania’s existing headspace service providers to establish and operate the new service.