Headspace cannot provide the ‘substantive clinical care’ that most of its patients need, say researchers
Professor Ian Hickie and nine co-authors say Headspace's $80 million-a-year set-up needs a rethink.
Three-quarters of Headspace patients require substantive medical care, yet the service lacks doctors and instead focuses on brief psychological interventions, say researchers including Professor Ian Hickie.
Professor Hickie, a psychiatrist, co-founded Headspace in 2007 but has since become critical of the service, which receives $80 million a year in taxpayer funding.
