Session 504
Child and Youth Mental Health: Trends, Patterns, and Challenges

Chair: Anastasia J. Gage, Tulane University

1. Pathways of Depression and Substance Use from Childhood to Young Adulthood: A Longitudinal AnalysisSasanka Boro, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS); Nandita Saikia, International Institute for Population Sciences.

2. Trends in Suicide and Suicidal Behaviors among Teens in the United StatesHan Choi, Princeton University; Adriana Corredor-Waldron, NC State University; Janet Currie, Princeton University; Christopher Felton, Harvard University.

3. Understanding Student’s Suicides in India: Pattern, Trend, Issues and ChallengesKailash Chandra Das, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS); Tushar Dakua, iips mumbai.

4. Children’s Social Connections, Internet Usage and Mental Health during the Covid-19 Pandemic in the Global South: Evidence from Disrupting HarmThomas Metherell, UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies; Sebastian Kurten, MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit; Sakshi Ghai, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford; Daniel Kardefelt-Winther, UNICEF Office of Research–Innocenti; George Ploubidis, UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies; Darío Moreno-Agostino, UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies; Amy Orben, MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit.

5. A decomposition analysis of variations in youth exposure to home or school-based violence and depressive symptoms in Gauteng Province, South AfricaSinegugu Shongwe, University of Kwazulu-Natal.

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