Overview
headspace Youth Early Psychosis Program (hYEPP) is a service that runs alongside headspace. It is designed for young people who have experienced their first psychotic episode or are at high risk of experiencing psychosis.
Contact
Penrith: 4720 8800
Parramatta: 1300 737 616
Mount Druitt: 8881 2500
Open Hours
Mon | 8.30am - 10pm |
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Tue | 8.30am - 10pm |
Wed | 8.30am - 10pm |
Thu | 8.30am - 10pm |
Fri | 8.30am - 10pm |
Sat | 10am - 6pm |
Sun | 10am - 6pm |
How We Help
hYEPP was funded by the Commonwealth Government in 2013 and is an early intervention service improving the lives of young people, and their families, who are affected by psychosis. Young people with early psychosis and their families require a holistic approach to their care and this service provides support to young people in every aspect of their lives, such as education, employment and relationships. hYEPP is a lead agency employing mental health clinicians and contracts to other services.
Who We Help
Young people aged 12 to 25 years, living in western Sydney, and who have experienced a psychotic episode, or are at risk of experiencing psychosis, including experience of symptoms such as:
- confused thinking
- false beliefs (delusions)
- hallucinations
- changed feeling – such as ongoing depression
- changed behaviour, such as irrational anger.