Australia: share of population who had experienced a lifetime mental disorder by type 2022| ��ƽ��

Share of Australian population who had experienced a lifetime mental disorder between 2020 and 2022, by type

Characteristic	Share of population
Social Phobia	13.3%
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder	10.7%
Agoraphobia	8.7%
Generalised Anxiety Disorder	8.2%
Panic Disorder	6.3%
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder	4.1%
Any Anxiety disorder(c)	28.8%
Depressive Episode	11.7%
Bipolar Affective Disorder	3.5%
Dysthymia	2.4%
Any Affective disorder(d)	16%
Alcohol Harmful Use	14.3%
Drug Use Disorders(e)	5.8%
Alcohol Dependence	3.7%
Any Substance Use disorder(f)	19.6%
Any lifetime mental disorder(a)	42.9%

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Release date

October 2023

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Region

Australia

Survey time period

December 2020 to October 2022

Number of respondents

15,893 respondents

Age group

16-85 years

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

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Persons who met criteria for diagnosis of a lifetime mental disorder (with hierarchy). A person may have experienced more than one lifetime mental disorder.
(c) A person may have experienced more than one lifetime Anxiety disorder.
(d) A person may have experienced more than one lifetime Affective disorder.
(e) Includes Drug Harmful Use and Drug Dependence.
(f) A person may have experienced more than one lifetime Substance Use disorder.

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According to a survey conducted in Australia between 2020 and 2022, nearly 43 percent of the population aged between 16 and 85 years had experienced a mental disorder at some point in their lifetime. Around 13 percent of people had experienced social phobia, and just over 14 percent had experienced harmful use of alcohol.