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Building Mentally Healthy Futures : a Call to Action by Australia’s Mental Health Think Tank
Call Number: Online report
Publication Date: 2025
Two years ago, Australia’s Mental Health Think Tank (2022) released the policy paper Building MentallyHealthy Futures: Australian Youth Recovery Plan. The plan put forward eight evidence-based policy recommendations addressing three primary drivers of the disproportionate mental health burden on young Australians: economic inequalities, social disconnection and lack of access to quality mentalhealth services.
Navigating Social Trends and Finding Purpose: A neurological analysis of the challenges faced by younger generations by Menzies Research Centre
Call Number: Online report
Publication Date: 2025
Over the past decade, an unprecedented mental health crisis has emerged, strikingly prevalent among Generation Z. Australian data reveals a 52% rise in psychological distress in females between the ages of 15 and 19 since 2012, with a startling 39% of youth aged 16-24 experiencing a mental disorder within just the last year. This represents a significant increase from 26.4% in 2007 and 27% in 1997, underscoring a drastic deterioration in mental health over a relatively short period. This paper aims to explore the neurological factors driving this mental health crisis within Generation Z, investigating how various factors contribute to the pronounced increase in mental health issues among this cohort.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Dementia in Australia: Stakeholder Update
Dementia is a significant and growing health and aged care issue in Australia that has a substantial impact on the health and quality of life of people with the condition, as well as for their family and friends. This online report provides a comprehensive picture of dementia in Australia, including the latest statistics on dementia prevalence, burden of disease, deaths, expenditure, as well as the use of health and aged care services among people with dementia and information on carers of people with dementia
Mental health services in Australia
Mental health services in Australia (MHSA) provides a picture of the national response of the health and welfare service system to the mental health care needs of Australians. MHSA is updated progressively throughout each year as data becomes available.
Mental health services in Australia describes the activity and characteristics of Australia’s health care and social care services accessed by people with a mental illness. This web report provides the most recent data available on the national response of the health and welfare system to the mental health care needs of Australians. Data are progressively published as it becomes available throughout the year. As well as the information presented on the web pages, readers can find detailed data for current and previous years in the Microsoft ® Excel workbooks downloadable from each section.
Mental health services in Australia: Community mental health care services
Mental illness is often treated in community and hospital-based outpatient care services provided by state and territory governments. Collectively, these services are referred to as community mental health care (CMHC) services. State and territory health authorities collect a core set of information for the Community Mental Health Care National Minimum Data Set (CMHC NMDS), which is compiled annually into the National Community Mental Health Care Database (NCMHCD). Data from the NCMHCD are used to describe the care provided by these services. More information about the NCMHCD is available in the data source section.
National Dementia Action Plan : 2024–2034
The National Dementia Action Plan 2024–2034 (the Action Plan) is Australia’s national dementia policy framework. It aims to improve the lives and care of people living with dementia, their carers and families over the next 10 years.