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Mental health services in Australia

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Last updated: 17 Dec 2020
Author: AIHW

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2020. Mental health services in Australia. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 18 January 2021, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/mental-health-services/mental-health-services-in-australia

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2020). Mental health services in Australia. Retrieved from https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/mental-health-services/mental-health-services-in-australia

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Mental health services in Australia. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 17 December 2020, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/mental-health-services/mental-health-services-in-australia

Vancouver

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Mental health services in Australia [Internet]. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2020 [cited 2021 Jan. 18]. Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/mental-health-services/mental-health-services-in-australia

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2020, Mental health services in Australia, viewed 18 January 2021, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/mental-health-services/mental-health-services-in-australia

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Mental health services in Australia (MHSA) provides a picture of the national response of the health and welfare service system to the mental health care needs of Australians. MHSA is updated progressively throughout each year as data becomes available.

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Findings from this report:
  • $9.9 billion was spent on mental health in
    2017–18

  • 4.3 million people received mental health-related prescriptions in
    2018-19

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  • Report contents
    • Summary of Mental health services in Australia
      • Overview of mental health services in Australia
      • Prevalence, impact and burden
      • Australia’s mental health system
      • National mental health policies and strategies
    • Mental health impact of COVID-19
      • Impacts on Australian Government-funded Mental Health service activity
      • Jurisdictional Mental Health Service Activity
    • Consumer perspectives of mental health care
      • Consumers in admitted care
      • Consumers in ambulatory care
      • Data source
      • Key concepts
    • General practice
      • Patient characteristics
      • Interactive data
      • Data source
      • Key concepts
    • Hospital emergency services
      • Patient characteristics
      • Interactive data
      • Data source and key concepts
    • Community mental health care services
      • Patient and service contact characteristics
      • Interactive data
      • Data source and key concepts
    • Same day admitted mental health-related care
      • Same day admitted mental health care—public hospitals
      • Same day admitted mental health care—private hospitals
      • Data source
    • Overnight admitted mental health-related care
      • Specialised overnight admitted patient mental health care
      • Non-specialised admitted patient mental health care
      • Interactive data
      • Data source
    • Medicare-subsidised mental health-specific services
      • Mental health-specific services
      • Interactive data
      • Data source
      • Key concepts
    • Residential mental health care services
      • Resident characteristics
      • Interactive data
      • Data source and key concepts
    • Restrictive practices
      • Seclusion
      • Restraint
      • Data source
      • Key concepts
    • Mental health-related prescriptions
      • Prescriptions
      • Interactive data
      • Data source
      • Key concepts
    • Psychiatric disability support services
      • Services accessed by users with a psychiatric disability
      • Interactive data
      • Data sources
      • Key concepts
    • Specialist homelessness services
      • Services accessed by clients with a current mental health issue
      • Data source
      • Key concepts
    • Specialised mental health care facilities
      • Specialised mental health service organisations
      • Specialised mental health beds and patient days
      • Staffing of state and territory specialised mental health care facilities
      • Interactive data
      • Data source
      • Key concepts
    • Mental health workforce
      • Psychiatric workforce
      • Mental health nursing workforce
      • Psychologist workforce
      • Interactive data
      • Data source
      • Key concepts
    • Expenditure on mental health-related services
      • Specialised mental health services expenditure
      • Australian Government expenditure
      • Interactive data
      • Data source
      • Key concepts
    • Mental health indicators
      • Mental health indicator library
      • Summary of Key Performance Indicators
      • Key Performance Indicators for Australian Public Mental Health Services
      • National Healthcare Agreement Indicators
  • National mental health committees
    • Mental Health Information Strategy Standing Committee
      • Your Experience of Service survey instrument
    • National Mental Health Performance Subcommittee
    • National Mental Health Data Set Subcommittee
    • National mental health committee publications
  • Classifications and technical notes
  • Data
  • Archived reports and data

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Source data :Mental health related services provided by general practitioners tables (1.82MB XLS)

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