Australian Bureau of Statistics 1301.0 - Year Book Australia,
2009–10 Previous ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME)
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FEATURE ARTICLE 2: MENTAL HEALTH Anxiety disorders generally
involve feelings of tension, distress or nervousness. In 2007,
anxiety disorders were the most common class of mental
disorders, affecting 14% of all people aged 16-85 years in the
12 months prior to the survey. Women were more likely to have
experienced anxiety disorders than men, 18% to 11% (graph
11.18). Anxiety disorders were most common in women aged 16-54
years, (21%), compared with women aged 65-85 years (6.3%).
Affective or mood disorders involve mood disturbance or change
in affect. Depression and dysthymia may involve signs such as a
depressed mood, loss of self-confidence and esteem and reduced
energy or activity over a period of at least two weeks. Bipolar
disorder involves episodes of mania either alone or together
with depressive episodes. Manic episodes ma