Research has shown that younger people, who were forced into isolation during one of the most social times of their lives, took the biggest mental health hit during the pandemic. Photo: AFP
Like many other young people, Amelie feels that the Covid-19 pandemic – and its procession of lockdowns and restrictions – marked a "turning point" for her mental health.
"I came face to face with everything I had been repressing – and it triggered an enormous depression," the French university student, who was 19 years old when the pandemic broke out in 2020, said.
