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Future-proofing mental health by prioritising key areas: Experts

A group of UK academics recently called for targets for mental health to meet the healthcare challenges of the next decade. Published in Journal of Mental Health researchers set out four overarching goals that will speed up the implementation of mental health research and give a clear direction for researchers to focus their efforts when it comes to better understanding the treatment of mental health.

The treatment of mental illness currently brings substantial costs to not only the NHS, but also to the individual and wider society, and the need for innovation to promote good mental health has never been greater.