Mental health issues are common in the Australian population and have a significant impact on people's lives, society and the economy as a whole. This paper provides an overview of this important sector, with a particular focus on explaining the key themes for reform that cut across all the recent reviews and inquires, and which...

This publication calls attention to the importance of social connection for individual health as well as on community-wide metrics of health and well-being, and conversely the significant consequences when social connection is lacking.

Supported self-management interventions, which assist individuals to understand and manage their own health condition, have a strong evidence base for chronic physical illnesses but are not often used for long-term mental health conditions. This research was conducted to co-design a self-management intervention for mental health conditions and test the intervention with end users.

This research paper is the second in a series exploring suicide and self-harm data in Australia. This report considers what developments could be made to make data more timely, and long-term thinking about how data might be used in interventions and to support people in times of need.

This report provides essential information and statistics on mental health, suicide and self-harm among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It outlines contemporary Australian policy responses and directions, and risks and protective factors for mental health and suicide prevention. It also explores evidence of best practice in mental health and suicide prevention.