A new research and design programme
Our aim is to help local communities, young people and public service partnerships better understand and address the root causes (and wider determinants) of young people’s mental health.
We’re made up of leading academics, designers and practitioners, dedicated to working alongside communities in specific localities. Together, we will test and co-design evidence-based responses (in a ‘framework’) to these root causes, over the next four years.
Where we work
The framework will be developed in two different communities to start with – Newham in East London, and rural North Devon. Through research, design and collaboration, we will discover opportunities for positive change in a way that supports young people’s mental health.
In the future, this framework can then be used on a wider-scale, in other communities across the UK.
Publications & Resources
Changes in the adult consequences of adolescent mental ill-health: findings from the 1958 and 1970 British birth cohorts.
- Thompson EJ, Richards M, Ploubidis GB, Fonagy P, Patalay P. Psychol Med [Internet].
- 2021 [cited 2022 Jun 6];
Mental Health of Children and Young People in England 2021 – wave 2 follow up to the 2017 survey
- NHS Digital
- 2021
Funding
This work is supported by the UK Prevention Research Partnership (UKPRP), which is funded by the British Heart Foundation, Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Economic and Social Research Council, Health and Social Care Research and Development Division (Welsh Government), Medical Research Council, National Institute for Health Research, Natural Environment Research Council, Public Health Agency (Northern Ireland), The Health Foundation and Wellcome.
Our People
Professor Peter Fonagy
Kailo research director and Head of the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences
UCL
Professor Vashti Berry
Associate Professor in Prevention Science & Director of the Children & Young People
University of Exeter
Professor Martin Pitt
Professor of Applied Healthcare Modelling and Data Science and Director of PenCHORD
University of Exeter
