Divergent decennial trends in mental health according to age reveal poorer mental health for young people: repeated cross-sectional population-based surveys from the HUNT Study, Norway

• Vegar Rangul,
• Erik R Sund,
• Kirsti Kvaløy,
• Ottar Bjerkeset,
• Steinar Krokstad,
• Daniel Albert Weiss,
• Morten Austheim Krokstad,
• Jo Magne Ingul,
• Jean Twenge

Affiliations

Vegar Rangul

HUNT Research Centre, Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Levanger, Norway

Erik R Sund

6 Department of Public Health and General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Levanger, Norway

Kirsti Kvaløy

Department of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Ottar Bjerkeset

Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Nord Universitet - Levanger Campus, Levanger, Norway

Steinar Krokstad

4 General Practice Research Unit, Department of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Trondheim, Norway

Daniel Albert Weiss

Faculty of Social Sciences, Nord Universitetet, Bodo, Norway

Morten Austheim Krokstad

Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing, Nord Universitet - Levanger Campus, Levanger, Norway

Jo Magne Ingul

Levanger Hospital, Nord-Trøndelag Hospital Trust, Levanger, Norway

Jean Twenge

Department of Psychology, College of Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA