Mental health and well-being from childhood to adulthood: design, methods and results of the 11-year follow-up of the BELLA study.

ABSTRACT: Mental health and well-being are of great interest in health policy and research. Longitudinal surveys are needed to provide solid population-based data. We describe the design and methods of an 11-year follow-up of the German BELLA study in children, adolescents and young adults, and we report on age- and gender-specific courses of general health and well-being, long-term health-related outcomes of mental health problems, and mental health care use. The BELLA study is the module on mental health and well-being within the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS). Standardised measures were used at each of the five measurement points of the BELLA study. In the 11-year follow-up, young people aged 7-31 years participated (n = 3492). Individual growt

SUBMITTER: Otto C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8505294 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature