The changing profile of mental disorders among Disability Support Pension recipients

• 1 Centre for Mental Health Research, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.
• 2 School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD.
• 3 Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD.

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