Person—mental health disorder indicator, prisoner health yes/no/unknown code N
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Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Mental health disorder indicator |
| Synonymous names: | Mental illness indicator |
| METEOR identifier: | 631558 |
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| 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 |
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| Representation class: | Code | ||||||
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| Data type: | Number | ||||||
| Format: | N | ||||||
| Maximum character length: | 1 | ||||||
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| Guide for use: | For use in Prisoner health data collections. If this value domain is used with other metadata then 'Unknown' would map to code 8. | ||||||
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| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | ||||||
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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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| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | ||||||
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| Related metadata references: | See also Person—medication for mental health disorder indicator, prisoner health yes/no/unknown code N
Supersedes Person—mental health disorder indicator, yes/no code N
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