The review, which screened over 6,000 individual pieces of research from across the globe, found psychological distress was still above pre-pandemic levels.
The research was published in Frontiers of Psychiatry on Thursday, and led by the University of Sydney’s Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, in collaboration with the Australian National University’s Centre for Mental Health Research.
The paper's senior author, Professor Maree Teesson, said while Australians wanted to believe in a return to normal following the pandemic, the data on increased levels of mental ill health was"hard to ignore". “If we don’t act to implement holistic strategies now, particularly for young people, we risk having a whole generation at a long-term disadvantage,” she said.
While the federal government adopted one of the plan's recommendations by increasing the number of Commonwealth supported places for mental health-related degrees, Professor Teeson said more needed to be done.
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