Person—mental health disorder indicator, yes/no code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Mental health disorder indicator |
Synonymous names: | Mental illness indicator |
METEOR identifier: | 376074 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Health!, Superseded 28/04/2016 |
Definition: | A self-reported indicator of whether a person has ever been told by a doctor, psychiatrist, psychologist or mental health nurse that they suffer from a mental health disorder (including drug and alcohol abuse), as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Person—mental health disorder indicator |
Value Domain: | Yes/no code N |
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Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Code | |
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Data type: | Boolean | |
Format: | N | |
Maximum character length: | 1 | |
Value | Meaning | |
Permissible values: | 1 | Yes |
2 | No |
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Comments: | The term mental illness is sometimes used instead of mental disorder. Mental health disorders are generally classified according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) or the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Person—mental health disorder indicator, prisoner health yes/no/unknown code N Health!, Standard 28/04/2016 See also Person—medication for mental health disorder indicator, yes/no code N Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Health!, Superseded 28/04/2016 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Prison entrants DSS Health!, Superseded 28/04/2016 DSS specific information: This data element is included in the Prisoner Health DSS as the National Prisoner Health Indicators include the indicator: Proportion of prison entrants who report that they have been told by a doctor, psychiatrist, psychologist or nurse that they have a mental health disorder (including drug and alcohol abuse). |