Medical Xpress August 6, 2025
Socioeconomic inequalities in children’s mental health are already evident by age 5 and persist throughout childhood and adolescence, according to analysis led by researchers from the University of Liverpool.
The study provides one of the most comprehensive examinations to date of how different types of mental health difficulties—internalizing (e.g., anxiety, sadness) and externalizing (e.g., impulsivity, defiance)—manifest across childhood and adolescence, and how these patterns are shaped by early life socioeconomic disadvantage.
Researchers analyzed data from more than 15,000 children born about the year 2000 and tracked through to age 17, using parent-reported measures. The team, including academics from the University of Liverpool and the University of Glasgow, found that while different types of mental health difficulties vary by age and...
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