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In today's episode, we're taking a deep dive into the peer-reviewed research (2020 and 2021) of COVID-19 lockdowns, with special mention to the lockdown capital of the world: Victoria, Australia.

 I'll be discussing personal accounts of the mental health effects of lockdown and relate this to current peer-reviewed research (see links to the research below).

REFERENCES:

https://www.aihw.gov.au/suicide-self-harm-monitoring/data/covid-19
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022395621003563?dgcid=author#!
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-20/rise-of-self-harm-mental-health-services-covid-pandemic/100305640
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7444649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7556907/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8310621/
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0239244
https://wchh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pnp.708
https://www.lifeline.org.au/resources/news-and-media-releases/media-releases/
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/calls-to-lifeline-way-up-with-people-in-lockdown-doing-it-tough/video/7c8622b2ceaaa51d96d37e1246cb7757
https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/victorian-kids-mental-health-hit-hardest-during-2020
https://ijponline.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13052-021-01102-8
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7355524/
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.10.21261846v1.full.pdf
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022395621003563?dgcid=author#
https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/alcohol/alcohol-tobacco-other-drugs-australia/contents/impact-of-covid-19-on-alcohol-and-other-drug-use 

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