S-487 Young people’s depressive symptom trajectories and their education and employment. Comparing Canada and the United States

Learning from young people in Gauteng, South Africa, about their experiences of depression: a discussion space report

“…A handful of studies across a diversity of biological, social and environmental sciences are beginning to challenge the overly narrow focus on protective mechanisms at the level of the individual (Arango et al, 2021;Thapar et al, 2022). They show that a wide range of factors, like food security (Teasedale et al, 2021), less polluted or more temperate environments (Sugg et al, 2019;Theron et al, 2022), trusted social connections (Choi et al, 2020), opportunities for school and work engagement and social justice (Minh et al, 2021) matter as much, if not more, than individual resources for youth resilience to depression.…”