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September 12, 2025Australian & New Zealand Journal of PsychiatryOpen Access

Interplay between psychological distress, income inequality, mental health-related medication use and consultations with a psychologist: Australian population-level data between 2011 and 2018

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TYTian YuanMonash UniversityMHMeredith HarrisThe University of QueenslandCTCaley TappThe University of Queensland

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Implication

Analysis reveals a link between income inequality, psychological distress, and medication use in Australia.

Key Points

  • Lower-income individuals experience significantly higher psychological distress and medication use.
  • Approximately 30% of adults in the lowest income quintile use mental health medications.
  • Consultation rates for psychologists are significantly lower in high-income groups, indicating access disparities.
  • Interaction analyses showed that lower-income individuals face up to four times higher distress compared to higher-income peers.

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Yuan et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d44a3731b076d99fa535c5https://doi.org/10.1177/00048674251362049
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