Changes in the adult consequences of adolescent mental ill-health: findings from the 1958 and 1970 British birth cohorts

CONCLUSION: The widening of mental health-based inequalities in midlife outcomes further supports the need to recognise that secular increases in adolescent mental health symptoms is a public health challenge with measurable negative consequences through the life-course. Increased public health efforts to minimise adverse outcomes are needed.PMID:34282721 | DOI:10.1017/S0033291721002506

Source: Psychological Medicine - July 20, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ellen J Thompson Marcus Richards George B Ploubidis Peter Fonagy Praveetha Patalay Source Type: research