Residential transience among US adolescents: association with depression and mental health treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Residential instability, including transience (i.e. unusually frequent mobility), is associated with higher risk for emotional and behavioural problems in children and young adults. However, most studies have not compared the effect of recent v. more distal moves on mental health or on mental health treatment. This study examined associations between recent (past year) and distal (past 2-4 years) residential transience and past year major depressive episode (MDE) and mental health treatment in a nationally representative sample of US adolescents aged 12-17.

Methods

Data are from the 2010-2014 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (n = ~107 300 adolescents). T-tests were used to examine the prevalence of MDE by number of moves in the past 5 years among a nationally rep

SUBMITTER: Glasheen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6998884 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature