References
- Jorm A F, Henderson A S. Use of private psychiatric services in Australia: An analysis of Medicare data. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 1989; 23: 461–468
- German P S, Shapiro S, Skinner E A. Mental health of the elderly: use of health and mental health services. Journal of the American Geriatric Society 1985; 33: 246–252
- Olfson M, Marcus S C, Pincus H A. Trends in office-based psychiatric practice. American Journal of Psychiatry 1999; 156: 451–457
- Australian Bureau of Statistics. Population by age and sex, Australian states and territories, June, 1997 and June, 1998. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra 1998, Catalogue No. 3201.0
- Department of Health Housing and Community Services. Report of the Mid Term Review of the Aged Care Reform Strategy. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra 1991
- Rosewarne R, Opie J, Bruce A, Doyle C, Ward S, Sach J, Beckman J. Care needs of people with dementia and challenging behaviour living in residential facilities. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra 1996, Aged and Community Care Service Development and Evaluation Reports, No. 24
- Draper B, Snowdon J. Psychiatry of old age: from Section to Faculty. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 1999; 33: 785–788
- Health Insurance Commission Medicare benefits schedule item statistics, http://www.hic.gov.au/cgi-bin/broker.exeJuly Accessed July 2000
- SPSS. SPSS [computer program]. SPSS, Chicago 1999, Version 10.0.5
- Henderson S, Andrews G, Hall W. Australia's mental health. an overview of the general population survey. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2000; 34: 197–205
- Harris M F, Silove D, Kehag E, Barratt A, Manicavasagar V, Pan J, et al. Anxiety and depression in general practice patients: prevalence and management. Medical Journal of Australia 1996; 164: 526–529
- Snowdon J, Draper B, Chiu E, Ames D, Brodaty H. Surveys of mental health and wellbeing: critical comments. Australasian Psychiatry 1998; 6: 246–247
- Jorm A F, Korten A E, Henderson A S. The prevalence of dementia: a quantitative integration of the literature. Application of a new method for making projections. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 1987; 78: 493–500
- Commonwealth Department of Veterans' Affairs. Mental health disorders in the veteran community and their impact on DVA's programs. Commonwealth Department of Veterans' Affairs, http://www.dva.gov.au/health/vvcs/mhealth/datindex.htm. Accessed August 2000
- Australian Medical Workforce Advisory Committee. The specialist psychiatry workforce in Australia. Supply, requirements and projections 1999–2010. Australian Medical Workforce Advisory Committee, Sydney 1999, AMWAC Report 1999.7
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australia's health 1998: the sixth biennial health report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Canberra 1998