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Data brief: Compares USA's MH-AOD burden & treatment capacity with 10 countries - Australia included @RosenbergSeb @PatMcGorry @johno0910 @RCMentalHealth @ian_hickie @GregHuntMP @MartinFoleyMP @ozprodcom https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2020/may/mental-health-conditions-substance-use-comparing-us-other-countries
One in eight Australian adults is unable to get or afford professional help when experiencing
emotional distress
emotional distress
Australia has third highest suicide rate among 11 high-income countries
Deaths from substance use- would Australia still have the same, below OECD average, rate if Alcohol were included in the basket of substances examined?
More than 90% of primary care practices in the Netherlands & Sweden have mental health providers - in Australia only 56%
44% of Norwegian primary care practices able to respond to client's substance use concerns - in Australia only 21%
