Victoria’s Lockdowns Impacting Youth Mental Health at Higher Rates

People are seen wearing face masks on public transport at Parliament Station in Melbourne, Australia July 23, 2020. Darrian Traynor/Getty Images

MELBOURNE—Hundreds of thousands of young people in Victoria have sought online mental health support since social distancing and stay-at-home orders came into place due to the CCP virus pandemic.

Since March over 300,000 young people in Victoria have visited popular youth mental health site ReachOut; this is a 25 percent increase compared to the same time last year.