Tracing socioeconomic inequalities in children’s and adolescent’s mental health: longitudinal study findings from 2017 to 2024

Socioeconomic inequalities in the mental health of children and adolescents remain evident in times of global crisis. Over the course of the pandemic, these mental health inequalities have not increased and even equalized, but post-pandemic recovery effects are only visible for young people in higher socioeconomic status. However, there is still an ongoing need for targeted health promotion and prevention that strengthens personal and social resources especially, but not only, for socially disadvantaged children and families at both an individual and societal level.