COVID-19 and mental health in Australia - a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 outbreak has spread to almost every country around the world and caused more than 3 million deaths. The pandemic has triggered enormous disruption in people's daily lives with profound impacts globally. This has also been the case in Australia, despite the country's comparative low mortality and physical morbidity due to the virus. This scoping review aims to provide a broad summary of the research activity focused on mental health during the first 10 months of the pandemic in Australia.

Results

A search of the Australian literature was conducted between August-November 2020 to capture published scientific papers, online reports and pre-prints, as well as gaps in research activities. The search identified 228 unique records in total. Twelve general po

SUBMITTER: Zhao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9200373 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature