Predicting the onset of mental health problems in adolescents.

Journal: Psychological medicine
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Mental health problems are the major cause of disability among adolescents. Personalized prevention may help to mitigate the development of mental health problems, but no tools are available to identify individuals at risk before they require mental health care.

Authors

  • Jiangyun Hou
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Laurens Mortel
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Arne Popma
    Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Dirk Smit
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Guido van Wingen
    Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Psychiatry, Meibergdreef 5, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: g.a.vanwingen@amsterdamumc.nl.