The aim of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare is to ‘produce authoritative and

accessible information and statistics to inform and support better policy and service delivery
decisions, leading to better health and wellbeing for all Australians’ (aihw.gov.au).
*Please access the following website to complete the questions:
1. Mental health services in Australia, Summary of Mental health services in Australia -
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (aihw.gov.au)
2. Then please select from the column on the left the subheading of ‘Prevalence, impact and
burden’.

1. How much money was spent on mental health in Australia between 2017-2018?
10.6 billion dollars were spent on mental health between 2017 – 2018.

2. What are the three most prevalent mental illnesses in Australia?

ADHD, anxiety disorders and major depressive disorder

3. What percentage of the adult population will experience a mental disorder at some point in
their life?
45.5% of the adult population will experience a mental health disorder at some point in their life.

4. What is the most prevalent mental illness in adults?

Anxiety disorder

5. What is the most common mental illness in children?

ADHD

6. What are some of the symptoms of a psychotic illness in an adult?

7. In 2018-2019 what percentage of Australians required mental-health related prescription

medication?
4.4 million people received mental-health related prescriptions in 2019-2020