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As lockdowns continue around Australia in the wake of the highly infectious Delta strain, new research from Flinders University has revealed that during the pandemic in 2020, the most affluent women suffered increased feelings of depression compared to other social classes and middle-class women who reported feeling fear and anxiety, drank more alcohol. ....
Three University of Adelaide researchers have been honoured in this year's National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Research Excellence. ....
E-Mail Feelings of anxiety, pessimism and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic led middle-aged women in both Australia and the UK to stock up on alcohol, which was associated with drinking more, a new Flinders University-led study has found. The research, led by Dr Emma Miller in Flinders University s College of Medicine and Public Health, also found women in the UK were more likely to drink at risky levels than their Australian counterparts during lockdown, and were more likely to have stockpiled alcohol. Despite these differences, the research found the emotional responses to COVID-19 that predicted stockpiling behaviour were strikingly similar between countries. ....