The Australian Bureau of Statistics has just released a summary from this 2007 survey. Their report provides information on the prevalence of three major disorder groups: anxiety disorders, affective disorders and substance use disorders. It also provides information on the level of impairment, the health services used for mental health problems, physical conditions, social networks and caregiving, as well as demographic and socio-economic characteristics.
Among the results are the disturbing facts that "of the 16 million Australians aged 16-85 years, almost half (45% or 7.3 million) had a lifetime mental disorder, ie a mental disorder at some point in their life. One in five (20% or 3.2 million) Australians had a 12-month mental disorder."
Read the report summary at http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/mf/4326.0
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