Which resources help young people to prevent and overcome mental distress in deprived urban areas in Latin America? A protocol for a prospective cohort study

• Sandra Eldridge,
• Craig Morgan,
• Ricardo Araya,
• Francisco Diez-Canseco,
• Melanie Smuk,
• Carlos Gómez-Restrepo,
• Nicola Holt,
• Catherine Fung,
• Luis Ignacio Brusco,
• Fernando Carbonetti,
• Miguel Uribe,
• James B. Kirkbride,
• Paul Heritage,
• Victoria Bird

Affiliations

Sandra Eldridge

Pragmatic Clinical Trials Unit, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

Craig Morgan

Health Service and Population Research, King`s College London, London, UK

Ricardo Araya

IOPPN, King`s College London, London, UK

Francisco Diez-Canseco

CRONICAS Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Melanie Smuk

Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Carlos Gómez-Restrepo

Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia

Nicola Holt

Department of Health and Social Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

Catherine Fung

Unit of Social and Community Psychiatry (WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health Service Development), Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

Luis Ignacio Brusco

Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, School of Medicine, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Fernando Carbonetti

Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, School of Medicine, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Miguel Uribe

Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia

James B. Kirkbride

Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK

Paul Heritage

School of English and Drama, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

Victoria Bird

Unit of Social and Community Psychiatry (WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health Service Development), Queen Mary University of London, London, UK