Reducing sexual violence through policy and societal changes may benefit the mental health of adolescents and contribute to shrinking gender gaps in internalization of mental health issues, per a study published in Lancet Psychiatry.
“There is a well-established and substantial gender gap in the prevalence of common mental illnesses,” Francesca Bentivegna, MSc, of the Institute of Education and department of psychology and human development at University College London, and Praveetha Patalay, of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies at University College London, wrote. “Women