Canberra, September 15 (IANS): The mental health and well-being of young Australians has improved following the end of COVID-19 lockdowns, a national survey revealed on Thursday.
Researchers from the Australian National University released their latest Covid-19 Impact Monitoring Survey of more than 3,500 respondents, finding lower levels of psychological distress compared to 2021, Xinhua news agency reports.
More than two-thirds of respondents aged 18 to 24, the age group that lost the most life satisfaction during the pandemic, reported that their lives were better than 12 months ago.
“That does not mean that Australia has returned to pre-pandemic levels of well-being and mental health,” study co-author Nicholas Biddle said in a news release, adding that life satisfaction was lower in August. of 2022 than in October 2019. .
So far, the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases since the start of the pandemic has exceeded 10 million in Australia, whose population is about 25 million.
