title: A report on economic studies of Australian mental health issues.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report on economic studies of Australian mental health issues.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although the international literature on the economics of mental health issues is increasing, and although many Australian studies exist on one comorbid condition of mental illness, namely substance abuse, there are very few empirical studies by economists of Australia's mental health issues.
authors.affiliation: School of Applied Economics and Centre for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. ruth.williams@vu.edu.au
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Darrel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Doessel
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology; D001315:Australia; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology