Mental Health Stigma

This research is funded by an ARC Discovery Project Grant (DP110100729). It was completed using data collected through the 45 and Up Study (www.saxinstitute.org.au). The 45 and Up Study is managed by the Sax Institute in collaboration with major partner Cancer Council NSW; and partners: the National Heart Foundation of Australia (NSW Division); NSW Ministry of Health; beyondblue ; NSW Government Family & Community Services Carers, Ageing and Disability Inclusion; and the Australian Red Cross Blood Service. We thank the many thousands of people participating in the 45 and Up Study. This project was undertaken by the University of Technology Sydney and utilized Pharmaceutical Benefit Schedule (PBS) and Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) data supplied by the Commonwealth Department of Human Services (DHS) and linked to the 45 and Up Study by the Sax Institute using a unique identifier that was provided to the DHS. The 45 and Up Study has the approval of the University of NSW Health Research Ethics Committee; this project has ethics approval from the NSW Population and Health Services Research Ethics Committee and the Department of Health Departmental Ethics Committee. The study's findings are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of Health, or the Department of Human Services. Mallesh Pai gratefully acknowledges support from NSF Grant CCF-1101389. We have benefited from discussions with Kate Antonovics, Victoria Baranov, Jeff Clemens, Julie Cullen, Gordon Dahl, Mitch Downey, Matthew Gibson, David Johnston, Hanming Fang, Anu Sansi, and Charlie Sprenger. Dr. Akshta Pai and Jing Jing Li patiently answered questions regarding drug prescription protocols. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.