Mental health through COVID-19: Linking crisis with lasting reform
Mental health has never been more central in Australia’s national conversation than it is in 2020.
There is an urgent concern that the social isolation, economic pressures and health anxieties brought about by COVID-19 will take a heavy toll on the already-fragile mental health of many Australians.
The COVID-19 crisis has followed directly on the heels of Australia’s most destructive bushfire season ever, when thousands of homes were lost and a state of emergency lasted for weeks on end. But even before these...