Mental Health Research; Down Syndrome; Chronic Illness; Children

Mental disorders may spread in young people’s social networks

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Using population-wide registry data, researchers from the University of Helsinki, the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, the University of Jyväskylä and the University of Manchester investigated whether mental disorders can be transmitted within social networks formed by school classes. The study is the largest and most comprehensive so far on the spread of mental … Read more