Health
The impact of COVID19 on the Mental Wealth of Australia – News – The University of Sydney
This is the full speech delivered at today’s National Press Club luncheon by Associate Professor Jo-An Atkinson – the Brain and Mind Centre’s head of systems modelling at the University of Sydney. Recommendations include investing in education support program…
Challenges in responding effectively to the crisis:
Quite early in the evolution of the pandemic in Australia, efforts to mitigate the mental health impacts naturally focused on the health sector response. There were national investments to increase the capacity of helplines, provide family support to reduce domestic violence, scale up telehealth, and other psychological supports through online resources; and there have been a range of commitments made since. But will this be enough? Even prior…
