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An estimated 650,000 (3%) Australian adults experience substance use disorder.

Mental illness and substance use

In 2021–22, 63% of SHS clients with a current mental health issue were females.

Specialist homelessness services

The National Mental Health Service Planning Framework (NMHSPF) is a comprehensive model designed to help plan, coordinate, and resource mental health services.  

Mental health conditions and substance use disorders were responsible for 15% of total burden placing it second after cancer (17%).

Burden of disease mental health summary 

The leading cause of total disease burden among First Nations people in 2018 were mental health conditions and substance use disorders.

First Nations burden of disease mental health summary