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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2023

Generational differences in mental health trends in the twenty-first century.

Ferdi Botha, Richard W Morris, Peter Butterworth, Nick Glozier

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
14.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Under-25s show the clearest post-2021 rebound in mental health: HILDA 2001-2024.The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry · 2026
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  5. Trends in physical and mental health needs across generations in Australia.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2026
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  6. Incidence of psychotic disorders by birth cohort: a population-based cohort study in Ontario, Canada.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2026
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  15. Policy implications of the 2020-22 Australian study of mental health and wellbeing.The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ferdi Botha *Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4068, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0856-0240
Richard W Morris *Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4068, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5018-1239
Peter ButterworthNational Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1531-3881
Nick GlozierAustralian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4068, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0476-9146
The University of Sydney · AUAustralian National University · AUAustralian Research Council · AU

Funding

Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course CE200100025
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Given the observed deterioration in mental health among Australians over the past decade, this study investigates to what extent this differs in people born in different decades-i.e., possible birth cohort differences in the mental health of Australians. Using 20 y of data from a large, nationally representative panel survey (

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Mental HealthAustraliaHumansSurveys and Questionnairesage–period–cohort effectsgeneralized additive mixed modelslongitudinalpsychological distresssubjective well-being

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PMID38011547
PMCPMC10710089
OpenAlexW4389042036

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