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Migrant groups use mental-health services much less

Professor Patrick McGorry

Giáo sư Patrick McGorry Source: AAP

New data suggests people born overseas and who do not speak English at home are less likely to use mental-health services.


The study from the Australian Bureau of Statistics found just 6 per cent of migrants used at least one mental-health service as recently as 2011.


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