The gender gap in adolescent mental health: a cross-national investigation of 566,829 adolescents across 73 countries

>1) The gender gap in mental health in adolescence is largely ubiquitous cross-culturally, with girls having worse average mental health; >3) Higher GDP per capita is associated with worse average mental health and a larger gender gap across all mental health outcomes; and >4) more gender equal countries have larger gender gaps across all mental health outcomes.