Social inequalities in youth mental health in Canada, 2007-2022: a population-based repeated cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Rising concern surrounds youth mental health in Canada, with growing disparities between females and males. However, less is known about recent trends by other sociodemographic factors, including sexual orientation, ethnocultural background, and socioeconomic status.

Methods

This study analyzed data from 96 683 youths aged 15-24 who participated in the nationally representative Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) between 2007 and 2022. Trends in absolute and relative inequalities in poor/fair self-rated mental health (SRMH) by sex, sexual orientation, racialized and Indigenous identity, and socioeconomic conditions were assessed.

Results

The percent of youths reporting poor/fair SRMH quadrupled from 4.3% in 2007-08 to 20.1% in 2021-22. During the same peri

SUBMITTER: McKinnon B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12378166 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature