Mental health
Data sources
A range of data sources are used to describe mental health services, including, but not limited to:
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Admitted patients |
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Community mental health care services Seclusion and restraint Involuntary treatment in mental health care |
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Disability Services NMDS (to 2018–19) |
Psychosocial disability support |
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Expenditure on mental health-related services Mental health workforce Specialised mental health care facilities |
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Emergency departments |
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Residential mental health care services Seclusion and restraint Involuntary treatment in mental health care |
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Seclusion and restraint Involuntary treatment in mental health care |
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Consumer perspectives Involuntary treatment in mental health care |
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Specialist homelessness services |
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Medicare-subsidised mental health-related services |
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Psychosocial disability support |
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National Health Workforce Dataset Accredited Mental Health Social Worker data |
Mental health workforce |
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Consumer outcomes |
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Mental health-related prescriptions |
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Expenditure on mental health-related services Specialised mental health care facilities |
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Private Psychiatric Hospitals Data Reporting and Analysis Service (PPHADRAS) |
Admitted patients Expenditure on mental health-related services Specialised mental health care facilities |
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Survey of people living with psychotic illness Survey of Children and Adolescents Survey of Adult Population |
Prevalence and impact of mental illness |
More information about these data sources can be found under the AIHW data collections page.