The Mental Health of Young People in Australia: Key Findings from the Child and Adolescent Component of the National Survey of Mental Health and Well-Being

By M. Sawyer, F. Arney, P. Baghurst, James J. Clark, B. Graetz, R. Kosky, B. Nurcombe, George Patton, M. Prior, B. Raphael and 3 more. Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry (Print), 2001

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Education, Social Psychology

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Resilience and Its Association with Depression, Emotional and Behavioural Problems, and Mental Health Service Utilisation among Refugee Adolescents Living in South Australia (2012, methodology): “” Service utilisation was assessed using questions developed for the Child and Adolescent Component of the Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing [61, 62].”
Perceived barriers and facilitators to mental health help-seeking in young people: a systematic review (2010, background): “According to an Australian national mental health survey of young people only 25% of children aged 4 to 17 years with a diagnosable mental disorder had used any health services in the 6 months prior to the survey [5].”
Parent influences on early childhood internalizing difficulties (2006, background): “They have high prevalence in modern communities affecting up to 20% of children and adolescents (Sawyer et al., 2001).”
Multicultural Understanding of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology: Implications for Mental Health Assessment (2006, methodology): “However, studies in Australia and the Netherlands did not find significantly higher rates of depressive disorders for adolescent girls than boys (Sawyer et al., 2001; Verhulst et al., 1997).”
Internet and Computer-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety and Depression in Youth: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Outcome Trials (2015, background): “However, up to 80% of children and adolescents with mental health needs receive no treatment [20–24].”
A heavy burden on young minds: the global burden of mental and substance use disorders in children and youth (2014, background): “In recent years, high prevalence of mental and substance use disorders have been consistently reported in national youth surveys conducted in a number of countries (Sawyer et al. 2001; Green et al. 2005; Ravens-Sieberer et al. 2008; Kessler et al. 2012).”
A Theoretically Grounded Exploration of the Social and Emotional Outcomes of Transition to Secondary School (2012, background): “National prevalence studies estimate between 9% and 14% of young people will experience a mental health problem during childhood and early adolescence (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2009; Sawyer et al., 2001).”
Socioeconomic inequalities and mental health problems in children and adolescents: a systematic review. (2013, neutral): “…educational level, or parental occupation status on children’s mental health (e.g., Davis, Sawyer, Lo, Priest, & Wake, 2010; Green, 2005; Leve, Kim, & Pears, 2005; Sawyer et al., 2001; Tracy, Zimmerman, Galea, McCauley, & Stoep, 2008; Vicente, de la Barra, Saldivia, Rioseco, & Melipillan, 2010).”