Depression, anxiety: Pandemic takes its toll on young kids

Queensland and Victorian surveyed more than 370 Australian families with children aged one to five between August and November last year as part of their ongoing COVID-19 Unmasked research.Not surprisingly, lead researcher Alex De Young, of Children’s Health Queensland, said Victorian children who had experienced a second extended lockdown exhibited significantly increased anxiety, depression and attachment-seeking behaviours.Up to 47 per cent of children caught up in Victoria’s second lockdown…



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