The level of current psychological distress for Victorian women by age group as measured from the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale. This is a scale of non-specific psychological distress based on 10 questions about negative emotional states and is scored from 10 to 50. The data in the survey uses the classifications of low (10-15), moderate (16-21), high (22-29) and very high (30-50).  Further Info

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This survey of young Australians aged 11-24 years of age contains information relating to what they value and their issues of concern. Data includes the percentage of Victorian women and girls who think coping with stress, suicide, bullying/emotional abuse, depression and self harm are an issue of importance/concern.  Further Info

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This data includes the prevalence of self-reported long-term mental illness and very high self-reported psychological distress scores for Victorian women. The use of medication for mental health problems along with a greater breakdown of self-reported mental illness conditions is reported for Australian women in the National Health Survey: Summary of Results, 2007-08 (ABS cat. No. 4364.0).  Further Info

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This report includes the prevalence of psychiatric disability by profound, severe, moderate and mild core ability limitations for Australian women. Data includes the age distribution of patients at general practice mental health-related encounters. Data also includes the number of mental health-related occasions/separations/incidents for emergency departments in public hospitals, mental health care services, admitted patients with specialised psychiatric care and residential mental health care. Some of these data areas include the percentage of mental health related incidents as a proportion of all episodes and the rate of mental health-related incidents per 1,000 population.  Further Info

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This report tested the views of close to 48,000 young people between the ages of 11-24. Data is provided on the issues of concern to young women in Victoria, including body image.  Further Info

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http://www.missionaustralia.com.au/document-downloads/cat_view/132-annual-mission-australia-youth-survey