National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing

Methods and Key Findings

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ID23374186
AutoresTim Slade (0000-0002-1725-9188, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia, autor de correspondencia), Amy Johnston (National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia), Mark A Oakley Browne (0000-0002-7508-1015, Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression, University of New South Wales and St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), Gavin Andrews (0000-0002-4315-2173, Discipline of Psychiatry, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia), Harvey Whiteford (0000-0003-4667-6623, Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)
Año2009
Volumen43
Número7
Páginas594-605
Fecha de publicación2009-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAustralian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0004-8674 • E-ISSN: 1440-1614
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1080/00048670902970882
PMID19530016
OpenAlexW2120156371
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas86
Referencias citadas23

Objective: To provide a description of the methods and key findings of the 2007 Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing. Method: A national face-to-face household survey of 8841 (60% response rate) community residents aged between 16 and 85 years was carried out using the World Mental Health Survey Initiative version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview. Diagnoses were made according to ICD-10. Key findings include the prevalence of mental disorder, sex and age distributions of mental disorders, severity of mental disorders, comorbidity among mental disorders, and the extent of disability and health service use associated with mental disorders. Results: The prevalence of any lifetime mental disorder was 45.5%. The prevalence of any 12 month mental disorder was 20.0%, with anxiety disorders (14.4%) the most common class of mental disorder followed by affective disorders (6.2%) and substance use disorders (5.1%). Mental disorders, particularly affective disorders, were disabling. One in four people (25.4%) with 12 month mental disorders had more than one class of mental disorder. One-third (34.9%) of people with a mental disorder used health services for mental health problems in the 12 months prior to the interview. Conclusions: Mental disorders are common in Australia. Many people have more than one class of mental disorder. Mental disorders are associated with substantial disability, yet many people with mental disorders do not seek help for their mental health problems.

Anxiety · Chinese Classification of Mental Disorders · Classification of mental disorders · Comorbidity · Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood · Mental health · Mental health law · National Comorbidity Survey · Personality disorders · Prevalence of mental disorders · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Sadistic personality disorder · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Schizophrenia research and treatment