Journal
EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
Volume 28, Issue 11, Pages 1547-1549Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-019-01305-9
Keywords
Inequality; Child mental health; Time trends; Cohort
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- Medical Research Council [MR/J01348X/1]
- ESRC [ES/N003098/1]
- ESRC [ES/S004467/1, ES/N003098/1, ES/L014718/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- MRC [MR/J01348X/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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There are substantial health disparities between children from low and higher income families. The study aimed to test changes in child mental health inequalities across three large UK population cohorts of 11-year-old children assessed in 1999, 2004 and 2012 as part of the British Child and Adolescent Mental Health Surveys and Millennium Cohort Study. Child mental health was assessed using parent and teacher versions of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. There were substantial differences in parent and teacher reported symptom scores between children from low and higher income families in each cohort. Differences in parent-reported symptoms increased over time (ES 0.35 [95% CI 0.20, 0.49] in 1999, ES 0.39 [95% CI 0.17, 0.61] in 2004, ES 0.54 [95% CI 0.49, 0.58] in 2012); cohort interaction: p=0.01). This study found that marked child mental health inequalities exist. The mental health gap between advantaged and disadvantaged children has not reduced over the last 20 years and may be getting worse.
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