Small business owners are facing concerning rates of mental ill-health, prompting calls for greater investment in tailored mental health supports. This policy brief outlines the further work needed to ensure mental health support programs are visible, accessible, and useful to small business, including through their trusted and familiar channels.

This report is a plain language translation of five research studies conducted by the University of New England. It helps to better understand how people in Australia experience distress and emotional and psychological ill-health, and what services and supports they have found to be positive and supportive, or conversely, unhelpful.