In the pandemic years 2020 and 2021, one in five Australians experienced a mental health disorder.
The figures were released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Friday, in one of the most comprehensive snapshots of the mental health of Australians to date. The survey, conducted between December 2020 and July 2021, found more than two in five Australians aged 16 to 85, or 8.6 million people, had experienced a mental disorder at some time in their life.
Months of isolation in her apartment caused Givens such a serious bout of depression that she spent three months in hospital receiving treatment. Her message to those who may still be experiencing mental disorders due to pandemic life is that they should not hesitate to ask for professional help, and should feel no shame.
Chief executive of the Australian Psychological Society, Dr Zena Burgess, said the research showed “our mental health is collectively breaking”. Radical change in federal funding policies was needed, she said.
wtuohy And all of them live in West End, Brisbane
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wtuohy YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT.
wtuohy Do you really think it was ever any different? It's just that in the past one was told to snap out of it and get on with it. It was either that or the psych ward.
wtuohy Bullshit. Much higher.
wtuohy Leftism
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