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National mental health report 2007

This report is the tenth in the series and presents the latest data on progress made under the National Mental Health Strategy.

The report provides a twelve year view of trends and performance at the national and state and territory levels, over the period 1993 to 2005. Extensive information is presented that describes changes in the resources and structure of mental health services in Australia since the commencement of the strategy.

National mental health report 2007 (html)
National mental health report 2007 (PDF 3344 KB large file)

The same publication in smaller sections:

Cover pages (PDF 153 KB)
Foreward (PDF 71 KB)
Contents (PDF 58 KB)
Guide to the national mental health report series (PDF 365 KB)
Acknowledgements (PDF 78 KB)

Part A: Highlights of progress under the National Mental Health Strategy 1993-2005 (PDF 484 KB)

Part B: Monitoring the National Mental Health Strategy (PDF 66 KB) - cover page
1. Overview of the Strategy (PDF 220 KB)
2. Council of Australian Governments National Action Plan on Mental Health 2006-2001 (PDF 111 KB)
3. Estimating Australia's needs for mental health care (PDF 154 KB)
4. The role of the National Mental Health Report (PDF 421 KB)

Part C: Progress in reform of Australia's mental health services (PDF 67 KB) - cover page
5. National spending on mental health (PDF 292 KB)
6. Reform of state and territory mental health services

7. Private sector mental health services (PDF 292 KB)
8. Consumers and carers in mental health care (PDF 232 KB)

Part D: Profiles of state and territory reform progress (PDF 136 KB) Part E: Appendices (PDF 67 KB) - cover page Supplementary data is available at National mental health report 2007: additional tables

Page last reviewed: 18 April 2011


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