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The mental health of children and adolescents
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Publication type:
Report
Audience:
General public
Language:
English
Description:
This report includes:
- second Australian Child and Adolescent Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing highlights
- overview of mental disorders (DISC-IV)
- major depressive disorder
- anxiety disorder
- attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
- conduct disorder and oppositional problem behaviours
- service use
- perceived need and barriers to receiving mental health care
- the role of schools and impact on education
- mental disorders, self-reported problems and distress
- adolescent reported self-harm and suicidal behaviours
- self-reported problems, behaviours and risk factors in young people
- what adolescents told us about service use and seeking help
- comparison with 1998 National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing.