title: Prerequisites for global child and adolescent mental health.
abstract: The epidemiology of the mental and physical health of children and adolescents the world over reflects: the genomes they inherit (and the modifications those genes undergo in utero); the pregnancies that led to their births, whether their mothers survive those pregnancies, and whether their births were welcome; the parents, the neighbors, and the neighborhoods they 'inherit' along with their genomes; when and where they live (by cohort, by country, and by province); the air they breathe; the water they drink; what and how much they eat; the schools they attend (and by whom they are taught what and for how long); the energy they expend; the family status in the social order; the friends they have; and last but not least, the amount and kind of medical and psychiatric care they receive.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 641 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115-6019, USA. Leon_Eisenberg@HMS.Harvard.edu
authors.forename: Leon
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Eisenberg
authors.forename: Myron
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Belfer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002674:Child, Institutionalized / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004190:Disasters; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology; D014943:Global Health; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016730:Program Development; D012036:Refugees / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012931:Social Environment; D014944:World Health Organization