Abstract: "We provide novel evidence on peer effects in mental health using data on 230,000 Norwegian high school students and within-school/classroom variation in peers over time. The share of peers diagnosed with a prior diagnosis of mental health disorder increases own mental health-related health care use and decreases on-time school completion and GPA. The effect is driven by girls and by students with prior history of mental health-related health care use. We show evidence suggesting that a key mechanism is contagion (i.e. a direct effect of peers' mental health on own mental health), rather than classroom disturbance / teacher resources or updating beliefs about stigma or treatment effectiveness." 

You are all cordially invited to his in-person seminar. Time and venue: October 22, Wednesday, 11.15am – 12.30pm, QS B-505, at CEU (51 Quellenstrasse, 1100 Vienna).

Speaker’s website: https://sites.google.com/site/julianvedelerjohnsen/research

Registration, till 12pm, the day before the seminar, is required at: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=E1nE2VN24kuSC72wOGOBhDPxLiYqs2FKjgPAVi1DSIpUQUtVN1BQTkxRR0FTQTBESDBBSU1DSDRNUS4u&route=shorturl

For question, please contact the CEU seminar organizer, Timea L. Molnar, at molnartl@ceu.edu.