Meeting of minds: imagining the future of child and youth mental health research from an early career perspective
Child and youth mental health is an international public health and research priority. We are an interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral network of UK-based early career researchers (ECRs) with an interest in child and youth mental health research. In this paper, we reflect on ongoing challenges and ar...
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| author | Ruth Knight Ola Demkowicz Eva Sprecher Aislinn Gomez Bergin Hazel Marzetti Kimberly Petersen Buket Kara Vilas Sawrikar Hannah White Jackie Parsonage-Harrison Jeanne Wolstencroft Tessa Reardon Anna March Leanne McIver Hannah Jones Tim Clarke Josefien Breedvelt Eleanor Chatburn |
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| description | Child and youth mental health is an international public health and research priority. We are an interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral network of UK-based early career researchers (ECRs) with an interest in child and youth mental health research. In this paper, we reflect on ongoing challenges and areas for growth, offering recommendations for key stakeholders in our field, including researchers, institutions and funders. We present a vision from an ECR perspective of what future child and youth mental health research could look like and we explore how the research infrastructure can support ECRs and the wider research field in making this vision a reality. We focus specifically on: (a) embracing complexity; (b) centring diverse voices; and (c) facilitating sustainable research environments and funding systems. We present recommendations for all key partners to consider alongside their local contexts and communities to actively and collaboratively drive progress and transformative change. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d9fa4d2f535d49979774c6ec3d95682f2025-08-20T03:24:14ZengCambridge University PressBJPsych Bulletin2056-46942056-47081710.1192/bjb.2025.26Meeting of minds: imagining the future of child and youth mental health research from an early career perspectiveRuth Knight0Ola Demkowicz1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9204-0912Eva Sprecher2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6169-5294Aislinn Gomez Bergin3Hazel Marzetti4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4555-2258Kimberly Petersen5Buket Kara6Vilas Sawrikar7Hannah White8Jackie Parsonage-Harrison9Jeanne Wolstencroft10https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6160-9731Tessa Reardon11Anna March12Leanne McIver13Hannah Jones14https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5883-9605Tim Clarke15Josefien Breedvelt16Eleanor Chatburn17https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6745-6737Department of Psychology, York St John University, York, UKPsychology of Education, Manchester Institute of Education, University of Manchester, Manchester, UKDepartment of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK Anna Freud, London, UKSchool of Computer Science, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UKSchool of Health in Social Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UKPsychology of Childhood and Education in the School of Education, University of Leeds, Leeds, UKDivision of Health Research, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UKPopulation Child Health Research Group, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, AustraliaSchool of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UKDepartment of Sport, Health Care and Social Work, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UKBRC Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UKDepartment of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UKDepartment of Public Health and Sports Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UKCentre for Excellence for Children’s Care and Protection, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UKNIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, University of Bristol, Bristol, UKNHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board, Norwich, UKDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UKChild Mind Institute, New York, NY, USA Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKChild and youth mental health is an international public health and research priority. We are an interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral network of UK-based early career researchers (ECRs) with an interest in child and youth mental health research. In this paper, we reflect on ongoing challenges and areas for growth, offering recommendations for key stakeholders in our field, including researchers, institutions and funders. We present a vision from an ECR perspective of what future child and youth mental health research could look like and we explore how the research infrastructure can support ECRs and the wider research field in making this vision a reality. We focus specifically on: (a) embracing complexity; (b) centring diverse voices; and (c) facilitating sustainable research environments and funding systems. We present recommendations for all key partners to consider alongside their local contexts and communities to actively and collaboratively drive progress and transformative change.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056469425000269/type/journal_articleChild and adolescent psychiatryearly career researcherchild and youth mental healthchild and adolescent mental healthresearch infrastructure |
| spellingShingle | Ruth Knight Ola Demkowicz Eva Sprecher Aislinn Gomez Bergin Hazel Marzetti Kimberly Petersen Buket Kara Vilas Sawrikar Hannah White Jackie Parsonage-Harrison Jeanne Wolstencroft Tessa Reardon Anna March Leanne McIver Hannah Jones Tim Clarke Josefien Breedvelt Eleanor Chatburn Meeting of minds: imagining the future of child and youth mental health research from an early career perspective BJPsych Bulletin Child and adolescent psychiatry early career researcher child and youth mental health child and adolescent mental health research infrastructure |
| title | Meeting of minds: imagining the future of child and youth mental health research from an early career perspective |
| title_full | Meeting of minds: imagining the future of child and youth mental health research from an early career perspective |
| title_fullStr | Meeting of minds: imagining the future of child and youth mental health research from an early career perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Meeting of minds: imagining the future of child and youth mental health research from an early career perspective |
| title_short | Meeting of minds: imagining the future of child and youth mental health research from an early career perspective |
| title_sort | meeting of minds imagining the future of child and youth mental health research from an early career perspective |
| topic | Child and adolescent psychiatry early career researcher child and youth mental health child and adolescent mental health research infrastructure |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056469425000269/type/journal_article |
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