A multi-level developmental approach towards understanding adolescent mental health and behaviour: rationale, design and methods of the LIFECOURSE study in Iceland.
Thorhildur HalldorsdottirAlfgeir Logi KristjanssonBryndis Bjork AsgeirsdottirIngibjorg Eva ThorisdottirJon SigfussonErla Maria Jonsdottir TolgyesHeiddis B ValdimarsdottirJohn AllegranteInga Dora SigfusdottirPublished in: Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology (2020)
Major gaps remain in our knowledge of how individual, societal and biological factors across the lifespan-from early life to adolescence-interact and shape the risk for emotional problems and harmful behaviours during adolescence. The LIFECOURSE study was designed to address this knowledge gap.