headspace day is an opportunity to educate young people on the importance of taking care of their mental health issues early, before they become more serious. 

Every year, a quarter of all young Australians will experience mental health issues and we want them to know that headspace is here to help. 

Research shows that 75 per cent of mental health issues emerge before the age of 25. 

By getting on top of issues early, the chances of recovery are greatly increased. 

On headspace day we asked all Australians to share their personal mental health tips, telling us how they take care of their mental health. 

We gathered thousands of ideas to show young people the many different ways to maintain a healthy headspace. It has been inspiring to see so many Australians share on #headspaceday, including Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Opposition leader Bill Shorten, musicians, sports stars, and our own headspace day ambassador Anna Flanagan. 

Our headspace clinicians say talking about how we take care of our mental health can encourage others to do the same. It is just as important to take care of our minds, as it is our bodies. 

With 100 centres across Australia, and phone and online chat service eheadspace, over the past decade headspace has enabled over 355,000 young people to access mental health care. 

There is still time to support headspace just visit headspaceday.org.au, write your personal mental health tip on a headspace day postcard and share this on your social media with #headspaceday 

Jason Trethowan

CEO at headspace