The National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing 2007 found that one in five (20%) Australian adults experience some form of mental illness in any year. One in four of these people may experience more than one mental disorder. Based on these prevalence rates, over 3.2 million Australians had a mental disorder in the previous 12 months. This means that:
- one in seven (14.4%) Australians had an anxiety disorder;
- one in 16 (6.2%) had an depressive disorder; and
- one in 20 (5.1%) had a substance use disorder.
Almost half of the Australian population (45.5%) will experience mental illness at some point in their lifetime
In the ten years since 2002, the NHMRC has committed to spending more than $348 million on research related to mental health. In 2011 more than $60 million will be spent on mental health related research issues, up from $57 million in 2010 and $50 million in 2009.
Mental Health - research funding summary
|
Calender Year |
Financial Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
2002 |
$14,603,997 |
2002-03 |
$16,431,868 |
|
2003 |
$16,604,598 |
2003-04 |
$16,865,313 |
|
2004 |
$18,403,438 |
2004-05 |
$22,622,457 |
|
2005 |
$26,441,157 |
2005-06 |
$27,998,738 |
|
2006 |
$28,705,624 |
2006-07 |
$31,327,189 |
|
2007 |
$33,179,995 |
2007-08 |
$37,814,160 |
|
2008 |
$42,792,795 |
2008-09 |
$47,653,389 |
|
2009 |
$50,340,870 |
2009-10 |
$53,672,675 |
|
2010 |
$57,125,251 |
2010-11 |
$58,217,571 |
|
2011 |
$60,141,354 |
2011-12 |
$53,563,425 |
Mental Health - research funding dataset
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NHPA Type |
Date |
Status |
|---|---|---|
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20/12/2011 |
Updated |