Colloque - Mental Health and Addiction - Naja Hulvej Rod: Early Life Adversity and Mental Health in Young Adulthood

Maria MelchiorSanté publiqueCollège de FranceAnnée 2025-2026Colloque - Mental Health and Addiction - Naja Hulvej Rod: Early Life Adversity and Mental Health in Young AdulthoodSession 2: Young adultsNaja Hulvej RodProfessor, Director, Copenhagen Health Complexity Center, University of CopenhagenRésuméChildhood adversities like poverty, parental separation, and parental illness are linked to lifelong social disadvantage and poor health. Mental health problems play a key role in maintaining this, especially during the stressful transition to young adulthood with its major life changes, such as entering the workforce. The talk explores the early origins and intergenerational transmission of mental health issues in this critical life phase.