Journal article
Mental disorders and mental health care in Canada and Australia: Comparative epidemiological findings
R Tempier, GN Meadows, HM Vasiliadis, KE Mosier, A Lesage, A Stiller, A Graham, M Lepnurm
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | Published : 2009
Abstract
Background: Canada and Australia although geographically distant have similarities in human geography and history. Each has had a national mental health policy for some years, but Australia has driven policy implementation in this area harder than has Canada. Comparable epidemiological surveys from Australia in 1997 and Canada in 2002 allow us to explore relative rates of mental disorders and compare estimates of access to care from mental health services. Methods: We compare findings from the Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing (1997) with those from the Canadian Community Health Survey on Mental Health and Well Being, cycle 1.2 (2002). Results: Differences in prevalen..
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Awarded by Canadian Institutes for Health Research and Statistics Canada
Funding Acknowledgements
The 1997 Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing was funded by the Commonwealth Government of Australia and conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The 2002 Canadian Community Health Survey on Mental Health and Well Being, Cycle 1.2 was funded by the Government of Canada and conducted by Statistics Canada. This research project was supported by a grant (# OPC 74353) from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research and Statistics Canada. We also want to thank Randy Duncan for his assistance with the statistical calculations.