Person—source of information on a mental health condition indicator, code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Source of information indicating mental illness indicator
METEOR identifier:	508415
Registration status:	Community Services (retired), Standard 19/09/2013 Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 01/05/2013
Definition:	Whether a source of information is available that indicates a person may have a mental illness or mental health condition, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Person—source of information on a mental health condition

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Number

Format:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
1	Yes
2	No

Supplementary values:

Value	Meaning
9	Not stated/inadequately described

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

CODE 9 Not stated/inadequately described

This code is not for use in primary data collections.

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Collection methods:

The permissible values for this data element are used to form the response categories to the question:

"Is there additional information about the client, either formal or informal, that indicates a mental health condition?"

Comments:

This data element is based on the PHaMs (Personal Helpers and Mentors Program) screening tool; it is a useful flag for mental health issues where more accurate evidence is not available.