At Wellcome we are committed to finding the next generation of approaches for youth anxiety and depression. Since 2020 we have been learning what works, for whom, and why, by commissioning reviews into the ‘active ingredients’ of successful interventions. Here we share four key calls to action that we hope the mental health science community can take forward.
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Sebastian, C.L., Pote, I. & Wolpert, M. Searching for active ingredients to combat youth anxiety and depression. Nat Hum Behav 5, 1266–1268 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01195-5
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