This report provides findings from a review of key mental health frameworks and evidence, drawing from: lived experience reports, grey literature (policy documents and government plans and frameworks) and academic sources. The objectives of this review are:

1. To understand the strategic context, systems, settings and factors influencing mental health in Australia.
2. To identify the main issues and gaps within existing systems and settings in order to define a series of core problem statements for further exploration in the next stage of this project.