Gender Gaps in Teen Mental Health Differ by Region

Medscape April 2, 2025
Edited by Anushree Chaphalkar

TOPLINE:

Gender inequalities in depressive symptoms emerged earlier and increased more rapidly among youths in London vs Tokyo, with the annual rate of increase in symptoms being four times steeper among girls in London than among those in Tokyo, a study showed. By 16 years of age, the gender gap in London was twice as large as that in Tokyo.

METHODOLOGY:

• Researchers conducted a longitudinal cross-cohort study and analysed responses to the Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (SMFQ) by 7100 children (50.5% boys) aged 11-16 years from the Tokyo Teen Cohort (TTC; n = 2813) and London-based Resilience, Ethnicity, and Adolescent Mental Health (REACH; n = 4287) cohort.
• Mean trajectories of the SMFQ among boys and girls overall and...

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