Development and predictors of mental ill-health and wellbeing from childhood to adolescence

ConclusionLow –moderate stability of mental health outcomes stresses the importance of the transition period for mental health, highlighting an intervention window at these ages for prevention. Socio-economic status is associated with mental health development in females but not in males at this age, highlighti ng a sex-specific vulnerability of deprivation associated with poorer mental health in adolescent females.
Source: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research