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Prof Dov Stekel, University of Nottingham Depression among young adults (aged 18 to 29) is becoming more common around the world, especially during the challenging years of becoming independent, finding work, and navigating adult responsibilities. Our recent article,...

Prof Olafunmilayo Fawole, University of Ibadan, Co-Chair Data Safety and Monitoring Board. In the R-NEET project, we recognize the importance of handling, processing, and storing data responsibly. With a large, international, and interdisciplinary research team, we...

The International Association for Youth Mental Health (IAYMH2025) is a conference that brings people from all over the world together with a focus on turning the tide and creating a global blueprint for prevention and integrated care in Youth Mental Health. The...

Our team has grown considerably over the past six months, and at the same time we have started to identify some common training needs. Fanfare, then, for the National Centre for Research Methods offering a six-week, online course on creative methods at exactly the...

Michael Ungar, PhD, Resilience Research Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada Drawings from Octopus Island, a forthcoming comic by Dr Osarenkhoe Ogbeide, New Africa Comics and University of Cambridge (permission granted) Optimism can be a powerful predictor of...

Leading the Nigerian team and working closely with the Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) has been a transformative experience. For too long, young people aged 18–24 have been denied a meaningful voice in Nigeria, particularly in the Niger Delta. Through direct engagement...

10 October marks World Mental Health Day. This year the focus was on mental health in the workplace. But, what about the mental health of the many people who are not employed? Likewise, what about the mental health of those who not in employment, education or training...