Technological developments in recent decades have increased young people's
engagement with screen-based technologies (screen time), and a reduction in young …

Conduct disorder (CD) is a common and highly impairing psychiatric disorder that usually
emerges in childhood or adolescence and is characterized by severe antisocial and …

In the past decade, there have been extensive efforts in the Western world to raise public
awareness about mental health problems, with the goal of reducing or preventing these …

In two nationally representative surveys of US adolescents in grades 8 through 12 (N=
506,820) and national statistics on suicide deaths for those ages 13 to 18, adolescents' …

OBJECTIVES: This study examined national trends in 12-month prevalence of major
depressive episodes (MDEs) in adolescents and young adults overall and in different …

Background Child and adolescent mental health problems are common, associated with
wide‐ranging functional impairments, and show substantial continuities into adult life. It is …

Mental health services embedded within school systems can create a continuum of
integrative care that improves both mental health and educational attainment for children. To …

Aims. Children and adolescents make up almost a quarter of the world's population with
85% living in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Globally, mental (and substance …

It is a well-established fact that in rich societies the poor have shorter lives and suffer more
from almost every social problem. The Spirit Level, based on thirty years of research, takes …

Background: Little is known about changes in the prevalence of psychiatric disorders
between childhood and adolescence, and adolescence and adulthood. Methods: We …