Youth mental health is a global priority challenge. Young people deserve to have their needs met by mental health research that asks and answers the questions that matter most to them. Achieving this goal requires researchers to view young people with lived experience not only as participants in their studies or recipients of their findings, but as partners and leaders in their own right. This requires citizen science to adopt radically different ways of working with young people that facilitate equal contribution throughout the research process. Beyond the direct impacts of enhancing both researchers and young people’s knowledge and skills, this can ensure more relevant, accessible and impactful research is conducted and communicated.
The Youth LIVES project is led by SEI York and the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, with contributions from the School of Arts and Creative Technologies at the University of York.
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