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ArticleBJPsych bulletin2026

Meeting of minds: imagining the future of child and youth mental health research from an early career perspective.

Ruth Knight, Ola Demkowicz, Eva Sprecher, Aislinn Gomez Bergin, Hazel Marzetti, Kimberly Petersen, Buket Kara, Vilas Sawrikar, Hannah White, Jackie Parsonage-Harrison and 8 more

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Article in BJPsych bulletin, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Ruth KnightDepartment of Psychology, York St John University, York, UK.
Ola DemkowiczPsychology of Education, Manchester Institute of Education, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9204-0912
Eva SprecherDepartment of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6169-5294
Aislinn Gomez BerginSchool of Computer Science, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Hazel MarzettiSchool of Health in Social Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4555-2258
Kimberly PetersenPsychology of Childhood and Education in the School of Education, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Buket KaraDivision of Health Research, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.
Vilas SawrikarPopulation Child Health Research Group, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Hannah WhiteSchool of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.
Jackie Parsonage-HarrisonDepartment of Sport, Health Care and Social Work, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.
Jeanne WolstencroftBRC Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6160-9731
Tessa ReardonDepartment of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Anna MarchDepartment of Public Health and Sports Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
Leanne McIverCentre for Excellence for Children's Care and Protection, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.
Hannah JonesNIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5883-9605
Tim ClarkeNHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board, Norwich, UK.
Josefien BreedveltDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
Eleanor ChatburnChild Mind Institute, New York, NY, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6745-6737

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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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child and adolescent mental healthChild and adolescent psychiatrychild and youth mental healthearly career researcherresearch infrastructure

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PMCPMC13150522

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