This report from the Department of Health and Ageing, Mental Health of Australians 2, presents a comprehensive summary of the results of the 2007 National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing. It provides information on the prevalence of mental disorders, their severity, associated suicidality, and comorbidity with other mental disorders and physical conditions, as well as what services people use for their mental health problems.
"One in five Australians continued to experience mental illness. Just over one third had received services for their mental health problems and the majority of those that didn’t use services reported that they didn’t need them ... In short, these results do not provide the evidence of improvements in access to mental health services and the mental health of Australians that were anticipated given the increasing investment in mental health services and targeted initiatives over the previous decade."
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