Temporal trends in psychological distress and healthcare utilization among young people

Young people are generally considered to be healthy, as severe illness and mortality is uncommon during this developmental stage. 

However, there are increasing concerns that psychological distress may be increasing in recent generations of youth, which will generate greater healthcare needs. 

The overall aims of this thesis were to investigate the temporal trends of psychological distress (also referred to as psychosomatic health complaints) among the general youth population and to investigate the association between the utilization of the youth primary healthcare service and psychological distress.