Approaches to early intervention for common mental health problems in young people: a systematic review
Overview
This systematic review examines early intervention models for young people aged 11 to 25 with initial symptoms of anxiety, depression, and other common mental health difficulties. The authors synthesize data from 38 studies to evaluate approaches aimed at improving care coordination, access speed, and targeted support. The resource is intended for researchers and clinicians interested in the current evidence landscape regarding service delivery and patient outcomes for this demographic.
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- Rebecca Appleton (Mental Health Research UK), Phoebe Barnett (Mental Health Research UK), Connor Clarke (University College London), Jialin Yang (King's College London), Sadiya Begum (Mental Health Research UK), Julian Edbrooke‐Childs (Anna Freud Centre), Isobel Emptage (University College London), Una Foye (King's College London), Jessica Griffiths (King's College London), Isabel Hanson (University of Oxford), Nima Cas Hunt (Mental Health Research UK), Ruby Jarvis (University College London), Maeve McAuliffe (University College London), Emma Maynard (King's College London), Lizzie Mitchell (Mental Health Research UK), Irina Mostafa (Mental Health Research UK), Tamara Pemovska, Rob Saunders (University College London), Kylee Trevillion (King's College London), Polly Waite (University of Oxford), Brynmor Lloyd‐Evans (Mental Health Research UK), Sonia Johnson (North East London NHS Foundation Trust)
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- 2025-11-24
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- gold
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- 10.1186/s12916-025-04438-8
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- 9
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@article{allodium:7fdac6d1b30e4b6b,
title = {Approaches to early intervention for common mental health problems in young people: a systematic review},
author = {Rebecca Appleton and Phoebe Barnett and Connor Clarke and Jialin Yang and Sadiya Begum and Julian Edbrooke‐Childs and Isobel Emptage and Una Foye and Jessica Griffiths and Isabel Hanson and Nima Cas Hunt and Ruby Jarvis and Maeve McAuliffe and Emma Maynard and Lizzie Mitchell and Irina Mostafa and Tamara Pemovska and Rob Saunders and Kylee Trevillion and Polly Waite and Brynmor Lloyd‐Evans and Sonia Johnson},
year = {2025},
journal = {PubMed Central},
doi = {10.1186/s12916-025-04438-8},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-025-04438-8}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - Approaches to early intervention for common mental health problems in young people: a systematic review AU - Appleton, Rebecca AU - Barnett, Phoebe AU - Clarke, Connor AU - Yang, Jialin AU - Begum, Sadiya AU - Edbrooke‐Childs, Julian AU - Emptage, Isobel AU - Foye, Una AU - Griffiths, Jessica AU - Hanson, Isabel AU - Hunt, Nima Cas AU - Jarvis, Ruby AU - McAuliffe, Maeve AU - Maynard, Emma AU - Mitchell, Lizzie AU - Mostafa, Irina AU - Pemovska, Tamara AU - Saunders, Rob AU - Trevillion, Kylee AU - Waite, Polly AU - Lloyd‐Evans, Brynmor AU - Johnson, Sonia PY - 2025 PB - PubMed Central DO - 10.1186/s12916-025-04438-8 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-025-04438-8 ER -
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Appleton, R., Barnett, P., Clarke, C., Yang, J., Begum, S., Edbrooke‐Childs, J., Emptage, I., Foye, U., Griffiths, J., Hanson, I., Hunt, N. C., Jarvis, R., McAuliffe, M., Maynard, E., Mitchell, L., Mostafa, I., Pemovska, T., Saunders, R., Trevillion, K., Waite, P., Lloyd‐Evans, B., & Johnson, S. (2025). Approaches to early intervention for common mental health problems in young people: a systematic review. PubMed Central. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-025-04438-8
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