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Predictors of Changes in Depressive Symptoms, Suicidality, and Eating Problems in Adolescence and Early Adulthood

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During the previous 10 years there has been a considerable increase in prospective studies on adolescent mental health, and new knowledge has been gained in this respect. However, there has been a comparative paucity in prospective studies on young adult mental health. Moreover, we generally know fairly little about whether insights gained from emerging risk and predictors in adolescence can be extrapolated to the adult population, and about the developmental trajectories of internalizing problems from ad olescence to adulthood - and their predictors. Further, there is some research on the adult outcome of adolescent internalizing problems. Unfortunately, the majority of these studies are limited to the early 20?s, a phase that resembles adolescence in man y respects. Firstly, we intend to overcome these shortcomings in previous research by utilizing a 13-year prospective study on a large and nationally representative sample Norwegian adolescent. Due to the comparatively ease of conducting such large scale prospective studies in Norway and achieving high retention rates than in the US, such data are most valuable to US researchers. Secondly, two perspectives have burgeoned internationally in clinical psychology and psychiatry during the latter two decades and have proven successful in treatment of psychiatric disorders, namely biochemical models and cognitive models. Moreover, in principle, the models combining these two perspectives have been advocated, but rarely put to an empirical test. Thirdly, in the same period Norwegian clinical child psychology and psychiatry has steadily increased both in quantity and quality. However, genuine collaboration with foreign researchers, as in utilizing the same data sets, has been scarce. Collaboration with FSU will serve both these three important ends, both offering research where Norway has an asset (epidemiology) and utilizing data set and facilities in which the US site has an advantage (biochemical measures).

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