Mental depression
Alternative labels
Depressive disorder
Melancholia
Unipolar depression
Major depressive disorder
Research Summary
What are you worried about? Young people’s stress burden and its impacts on their wellbeing
This report seeks to better understand the issues that young people are experiencing and how their concerns impact on their mental health and wellbeing.
Working paper
The causal impact of mental health on tobacco and alcohol consumption: an instrumental variables approach
This paper utilises a fixed effects instrumental variables model, and a nationally representative panel dataset from Australia, to present robust evidence on the causal impact of mental distress on cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking behaviours.
Research Summary
Craving connection: how loneliness is impacting young people's mental health
This research explores young people's worries, concerns or stresses and the impact of these on their mental health and wellbeing.
Report
The role of depression in intimate partner homicide perpetrated by men against women: an analysis of sentencing remarks
This study explores the role of offender depression within a sample of 199 cases of male-perpetrated intimate partner homicide in Australia, as described by judges in sentencing remarks.
Report
Nōku te Ao: sovereignty of the Māori mind
The purpose of this report is to present a Māori world view of factors that contribute to discrimination of people who have experienced — or continue to experience — mental distress.