Youth mental health: bridging the 'know-do' gap
Amid a rising tide of young people living with anxiety, depression and mental health challenges worldwide, there is an urgent need to understand what works and accelerate this into action.
We're pleased to share three ways CEI is contributing to that effort: advancing research, developing accessible community-based models, and translating evidence into practical, publicly available guidance.
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How to create more useful youth mental health research
Despite decades of progress and many new treatments for young people, there is a gap in understanding how and why interventions work and which "active ingredients" are most effective, according to a new international expert report into youth mental health research.
CEI Director in the UK, Dr Katherine (Katie) Young, is an author of Understanding how interventions for youth depression and anxiety work, commissioned by Wellcome Trust. The report recommends more precise and theory-driven studies, more culturally diverse research, and greater embedding of lived experience perspectives.
More accessible, timely mental health support
Earlier and more accessible mental health support will be available to teens and young adults in Singapore, thanks to development of an evidence-backed, innovative model that can be delivered by both primary health workers and trained volunteers.
CEI and our collaborator Professor Bryce McLeod of Virginia Commonwealth University are partnering with youth support agency Impart and philanthropic organisation The Majurity Trust to develop, test and implement a flexible, localised and modular set of mental health support practices. This is being developed using a participatory, co-design, common elements approach.
What does the evidence say about young people and screens?
New evidence-based guidance on screen time offers practical tips, checklists and self-assessment tools for parents, children and adolescents, to help build positive relationships with technology and avoid problematic behaviours.
Developed by CEI with the Singapore Government, the Positive Use Guide on Technology and Social Media draws together consultations with mental health and media professionals with global research findings from 2,400 studies.
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