The traditional midlife crisis may be a thing of the past, according to a new study published in the journal PLOS One .

Researchers from Dartmouth College, University College London and the Institute for Fiscal Studies found that the long-documented "unhappiness hump"—a rise in stress, worry and depression in middle age followed by a rebound in later life—has flattened.

Instead, the study shows that today's youngest adults, members of Gen Z, are reporting the highest levels of "ill-being", a term the researchers use to describe poor mental health including depression, anxiety, hopelessness and suicidal thoughts.

Rather than the expected dip in mental wellbeing in middle age, the dip is experienced much earlier, in those under 25. Midlife and older adults' mental health has stayed stea

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