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The Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) is a national drug monitoring system intended to identify emerging trends of local and national concern in illicit drug markets. It forms part of Drug Trends.

The aim of this bulletin is to explore trends in mental health and factors associated with mental health treatment attendance among a sample of people who regularly inject drugs recruited from all Australian capital cities in 2019-2023.

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Recommended citation

Thomas N, McLachlan J, Juckel J, Daly C, Salom C. Trends in mental health and mental health treatment attendance among a sample of people who regularly inject drugs in Australia, 2019-2023. Drug Trends Bulletin Series. Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Â鶹Éçmadou Sydney; 2024. Available from: https://doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/30237

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Drug Trends is supported by funding from the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care under the Drug and Alcohol Program.

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IDRS bulletin - Trends in mental health problems and mental health treatment attendance among a sample of people who regularly inject drugs in Australia, 2019-2023