Title: Community Mental Health and Primary Mental Health Care
Author: Mental Health Council of Australia
Release Date: 2010
Description: This paper seeks to clarify points of overlap and difference between primary healthcare and community mental health and identifies how their linkages could be strengthened.
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Title: Mental Health of Young People 2007
Author: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
Release Date: 2010
Description: This article provides a brief overview of the mental health of young people aged 16 – 24 years in Australia and includes information on impairment, socio-economic characteristics and their health service usage.
Report link: Mental Health of Young People 2007

Title: beyondblue Research - Targeted research in depression, anxiety and related disorders 2007-2010
Author: beyondblue
Release Date: 2010
Description: beyondblue: the national depression initiative has been proud to support innovative, high quality research and program development into depression, anxiety and related disorders.  This report comprises summaries of the outcomes from over 60 beyondblue funded projects that have been completed between 2007 and 2010. The book also includes a short synopsis of each of the current and ongoing research projects that are funded by beyondblue.
Report link: beyondblue Research - Targeted research in depression, anxiety and related disorders 2007-2010

Title: Perceived barriers and facilitators to mental health help-seeking in young people
Author: Ameilia Gulliver, Kathleen Griffiths and Helen Christensen
Source: BMC Psychiatry
Release Date: 2010
Description: Adolescents and young adults frequently experience mental disorders, yet tend not to seek help. This systematic review aims to summarise reported barriers and facilitators of help-seeking in young people.  This review uses both qualitative research from surveys, focus groups, and interviews and quantitative data from published surveys.  It extends previous reviews through its systematic research methodology and by the inclusion of published studies describing what young people themselves perceive are the barriers and facilitators to help-seeking for common mental health problems. Recommendations for improving help-seeking are also included.
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