Teenagers' mental health problems predict probable mental diagnosis 3 years later among girls, but what about the boys?

• Main Authors: Kristina Carlén (Author), Sakari Suominen (Author), Lilly Augustine (Author), Maiju M. Saarinen (Author), Minna Aromaa (Author), Päivi Rautava (Author), André Sourander (Author), Matti Sillanpää (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The prevalence of mental disorders is increasing, and there seems to be a gender difference in prevalence, with girls reporting more mental health problems than boys, especially regarding internalizing problems. Most mental disorders debut early but often remain untreated into ad...