‘Deliberately misleading’: Headspace denies claims it’s a waste of money

Headspace chief executive Jason Trethowan says an article in the MJA misrepresents the organisation
Jason Trethowan.

Headspace has rejected claims by two leading psychiatrists that it is swallowing up hundreds of millions of dollars for youth mental health, despite little robust evidence its services are effective.

Professor Steve Kisely from the University of Queensland and Associate Professor Jeffrey Looi from ANU had also cast doubt on the scale of taxpayer investment into the high-profile network.