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NIHR HTA, HSDR, PHR and EME Programmes -Children and young people's mental health

  Wednesday, 15 Mar 2023 | Funding Deadline

The NIHR HTA, HSDR, PHR and EME Programmes are interested in commissioning research to address evidence gaps in the promotion of good mental health, the delivery of mental health services, the prevention of mental health conditions, the prevention of suicide and self-harm and the recognition, diagnosis and treatment of mental health conditions in children and young people.

The following NIHR programmes are accepting applications to this theme:

Examples of topics of interest include, but are not limited to the evaluation of:

  • approaches to the early identification of children and young people with mental health conditions including a multi-sectorial approach.
  • interventions to improve the mental health of children and young people with co-occurring long-term medical conditions and mental health problems.
  • interventions to prevent and treat mental health conditions in children and young people with neurodevelopmental disorders.
  • digital interventions to complement and supplement face to face interventions for prevention, support and recovery.
  • organisation and delivery of mental health services to reduce waiting times and to protect and support the mental health of children and young people including supporting the delivery of culturally appropriate services.
  • interventions to promote good mental health, and to prevent and treat mental health conditions across different communities and groups, e.g., children and young people from ethnic minorities, care-experienced children and young people, young offenders, refugees, etc.
  • interventions which impact on the wider determinants of health i.e., the social, economic and environmental factors which influence mental health.
  • using existing data to understand which groups of adolescents benefit from antidepressant treatment for depression.

hypothesis-testing work within evaluative studies to increase understanding of mechanisms of action, for example, mechanisms of benefits and harms associated with digital or social media technologies and interventions.