Mental health of young people in Australia
This report represents the findings of the child and adolescent component of the National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing. It provides the first reliable, national information on mental illness in children and adolescents aged 4 to 17.
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Child and adolescent component of the National Survey of Mental Health and Well-BeingNational Mental Health Strategy
Sawyer M.G., Arney F.M., Baghurst P.A., Clark J.J., Graetz B.W., Kosky R.J., Nurcombe B., Patton G.C., Prior M.R., Raphael B., Rey J., Whaites L.C. and Zubrick S.R.
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The Mental Health of Young People in Australia, Sawyer et al, Mental Health and Special Programs Branch, Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care, 2000.Acknowledgements
The authors would like to acknowledge the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care, Mental Health and Special Programs Branch for providing the funding to undertake this project.Special thanks to Mr Dermot Casey, Director Mental Health and Special Programs Branch and Professor Harvey Whiteford, Kratzmann Chair in Psychiatry, University of Queensland for their work on and support of this project.