- ABS: Australian Bureau of Statistics
- DoHA: Department of Health and Ageing
- ATAPS: Access to Allied Psychological Services
- ATC: Anatomical Therapeutic Classification
- BOiMHC: Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care
- CI: Confidence Interval
- CIDI: Composite International Diagnostic Interview
- COAG: Council of Australian Governments
- CP: Consultant Psychiatry items
- DoHA: Department of Health and Ageing
- ERP: Estimated resident population
- FPS: Focussed Psychological Strategies – Allied mental health items
- FWE: Full–time weighted equivalent
- GPC: GP Mental Health Consultation items
- GPPR: GP Mental Health Treatment Plan and Review items
- GPs: General Practitioners
- ICD–10: International Classification of Diseases
- IRSD: The Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage
- MBS: Medicare Benefits Schedule
- MHCA: Mental Health Council of Australia
- NSMHWB: National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing
- P: Probability
- PBS: Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
- PTS: Psychological Therapy Services items
- RPBS: Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
- RR: Risk Ratio
- RRMA: Rural, Remote and Metropolitan Areas
- K10: Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10)
- OLS: Ordinary Least Squares
- SPSS: Statistical package for the Social Sciences
- SEIFA: Socio–Economic Indexes for Areas
- SLA: Statistical Local Area
- WMH–CIDI: World Mental Health Survey Initiative version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview
- YLD: Years Lived with Disability