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We explored two national surveys for information on disparities in rates of mental disorders and psychological distress.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Secondary data analysis using the 2011\/2012 National Health Survey and 2007 National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing. Key data were the Kessler 10 scores in adults in the National Health Survey ( n\u2009=\u200912,332) and the National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing ( n\u2009=\u20096558) and interview-assessed disorder rates in the National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing. Estimation of prevalence of distress and disorders for sub-populations defined by geographic and socioeconomic status of area was followed by investigation of area effects adjusting for age and gender.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Overall, approximately one person in 10 reported recent psychological distress at high\/very-high level, this finding varying more than twofold depending on socioeconomic status of area with 16.1%, 13.3%, 12.0%, 8.4% and 6.9% affected in the most to least disadvantaged quintiles, respectively, across Australia in 2011\/2012. In the most disadvantaged quintile, the percentage (24.4%) with mental disorders was 50% higher than that in the least disadvantaged quintile (16.9%) in 2007, so this trend was less strong than for Kessler10 distress.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>These results suggest that disparities in mental health status in Australia based on socioeconomic characteristics of area are substantial and persisting. Whether considering 1-year mental disorders or 30-day psychological distress, these occur more commonly in areas with socioeconomic disadvantage. The association is stronger for Kessler10 scores suggesting that Kessler10 scores behaved more like a complex composite indicator of the presence of mental and subthreshold disorders, inadequate treatment and other responses to stressors linked to socioeconomic disadvantage. To reduce the observed disparities, what might be characterised as a \u2018Whole of Government\u2019 approach is needed, addressing elements of socioeconomic disadvantage and the demonstrable and significant inequities in treatment provision.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/0004867415615948","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,11,11]],"date-time":"2015-11-11T21:20:10Z","timestamp":1447276810000},"page":"1169-1179","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":62,"title":["Mental disorders and distress: Associations with demographics, remoteness and socioeconomic deprivation of area of residence across Australia"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"50","author":[{"given":"Joanne C","family":"Enticott","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Southern Synergy, Department of Psychiatry and School of Primary Health Care, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Graham N","family":"Meadows","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Monash Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia"},{"name":"School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia"},{"name":"Southern Synergy, Department of Psychiatry, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Frances","family":"Shawyer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Southern Synergy, Department of Psychiatry, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Brett","family":"Inder","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Scott","family":"Patten","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Community Health Sciences and Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,11,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-0004867415615948","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3109\/09540261.2014.928270"},{"key":"bibr2-0004867415615948","unstructured":"Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) (2009) 4817.0.55.001 \u2013 Information Paper: Use of the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale in ABS Health Surveys, Australia, 2007\u201308. 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