The National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing 2007 found that one in five (20%) Australian adults experience mental illness in any year. One in four of these people 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 2001, the NHMRC has committed to spending more than $920 million on research related to mental health. In 2010 more than $72 million will be spent on research related to mental health issues, up from $64 million in 2009.
Mental Health
Calender Year |
Financial Year |
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|---|---|---|---|
2001 |
$15,406,802 |
2001-02 |
$17,647,861 |
2002 |
$19,945,675 |
2002-03 |
$22,803,563 |
2003 |
$23,831,298 |
2003-04 |
$24,206,323 |
2004 |
$26,395,250 |
2004-05 |
$30,229,741 |
2005 |
$34,624,625 |
2005-06 |
$35,414,496 |
2006 |
$37,381,726 |
2006-07 |
$39,765,379 |
2007 |
$43,882,426 |
2007-08 |
$47,634,676 |
2008 |
$54,273,522 |
2008-09 |
$60,004,602 |
2009 |
$64,394,810 |
2009-10 |
$70,180,998 |
2010 |
$72,341,483 |
2010-11 |
$65,208,122 |
| Work Sheet Type |
Date |
Status |
|---|---|---|
The Mental Health (All Mental Health and selected summary) dataset (Excel, 2.98MB) |
20 Nov 2010 |
Updated |