This section of the Chief Health Officer report looks at mental health and mental wellbeing for Victorians.
It includes data on mental illness indicators, as well as the important work to help prevent suicides across the state.
It also discusses the emerging understanding of the relationships between climate change and mental health.
It draws on:
The Victorian Population Health Survey 2016 has a section on mental health.
- the State of Victoria's children report , published by the Department of Education and Training in 2018.
- Health and climate change: policy responses to protect public .
Reviewed 26 June 2023