Survey results

Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Educational Outcomes report was released December 2017.

The report on the second Australian Child and Adolescent Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing can be accessed from the website of the Australian Government Department of Health.

Download highlights from the main report.

• More information about the survey findings can be accessed through the interactive Survey Results Query Tool.
• Media releases and media resources are available from the News and Events Centre on the Telethon Kids Institute website.

Tables from the main report

All tables from the report can be accessed in the form of Excel spreadsheets per chapter.

• Chapter 2: Overview of mental disorders
• Chapter 3: Major depressive disorder
• Chapter 4: Anxiety disorders
• Chapter 5: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
• Chapter 6: Conduct disorder and oppositional problem behaviours
• Chapter 7: Service use
• Chapter 8: Perceived need and barriers to receiving mental health care
• Chapter 9: The role of schools and impact on education
• Chapter 10: Mental disorders, self-reported problems and distress
• Chapter 11: Adolescent reported self-harm and suicidal behaviours
• Chapter 12: Self-reported problems, behaviours and risk factors in young people
• Chapter 13: What adolescents told us about service use and seeking help
• Chapter 14: Comparison with 1998 National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing