Mental Health of Australian Children Mental Takes Hit in Pandemic

Children look at at COVID-19 related sign at Clovelly playground in Sydney, Australia on May 17, 2020. Ryan Pierse/Getty Images

There has been a massive increase in Australian children under 12 seeking help from a children’s mental health app and experts say the full impact of the coronavirus epidemic won’t be understood for some time.

Smiling Mind, a mental health service for students, has recorded a spike in people accessing its free mobile phone app during COVID-19.