Trends in psychopathology across the adolescent years: What changes when children become adolescents, and when adolescents become adults?

Little is known about changes in the prevalence of psychiatric disorders between childhood and adolescence, and adolescence and adulthood.

We reviewed papers reporting prevalence rates of psychiatric disorders separately for childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood. Both longitudinal and cross-sectional papers published in the past 15 years were included.