Read more: First signs of recovery emerge in Australia’s youth mental health crisis
A new analysis of 24 years of Australian data found a long-term trend of deteriorating mental health among adolescents and young adults had the steepest decline between 2019 and 2021 – and is only now showing a clear rebound.
The mental health of young Australians has been deteriorating since the mid-2010s, with a sharp drop during the pandemic years. This drop is now starting to recover – but new national data suggests many are still struggling to return to their pre-COVID levels of mental health.
A UNSW Sydney-led analysis across 24 years of Australian household survey data found adolescents experienced the steepest mental health decline between 2019 and 2021, with only a partial recovery by 2024.
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