title: "KYDS": an innovative service addressing the health needs of youth and families in an Australian community.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the evolution of KYDS Youth Development Service ("KYDS"), a pioneering youth service in Sydney, Australia, its range of programs and the challenges that it has faced.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  KYDS emerged in the context of the escalating presentation of mental health and other problems affecting young people, and the desire of a local community to provide a service for its youth. The service has expanded since opening in 2005 and now includes, among other elements, therapy for referred clients, parent educational forums, and group programs such as a young women's program and a program for teenagers with parents affected by mental illness. The challenges for the service include financial pressures, service expansion, and how to best complement other services in the public and private sector.
authors: KYDS, Lindfield, NSW, Australia. kyds@bigpond.com
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Citer
authors: Kym
authors: K
authors: Carlson
authors: Danni
authors: D
authors: McClellan
authors: Pam
authors: P
authors: McGaw
authors: Sophie
authors: S
authors: Walter
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Bennett
authors: Garry
authors: G
authors: Walter
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services; D001315:Australia; D002648:Child; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016730:Program Development