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Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Health, Superseded 28/04/2016 |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 attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Data element concept: | Person—mental health disorder indicator |
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Synonymous names: | Mental illness indicator |
METEOR identifier: | 376072 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Health, Standard 25/08/2011 |
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). |
Object class: | Person |
Property: | Mental health disorder indicator |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Value domain attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Value domain: | Yes/no code N |
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METEOR identifier: | 270732 |
Registration status: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Recorded 09/08/2023 Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Standard 30/08/2022 Community Services (retired), Standard 27/04/2007 Disability, Standard 07/10/2014 Early Childhood, Standard 21/05/2010 Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Homelessness, Standard 23/08/2010 Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012 Indigenous, Standard 16/09/2014 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Tasmanian Health, Standard 27/05/2020 WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015 |
Definition: | A code set representing 'yes' and 'no'. |
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 |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
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 |
Relational attributes | |
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). |