Australian Youth Maintained Stable Mental Health Before Social Media Boom: Research

Between 2010 and 2022, the mental health of young females fell from 73 percent to 62 percent for the first time in 20 years.

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Social media has taken a toll on the mental health of young Australians, a new report has revealed.

On July 4, the non-partisan economic think tank e61 Institute published a report on youth mental health from 2001 to 2022, using data from the Household, Income, Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey.