Given that good mental health is fundamental to children’s well-being, greater global investments are needed to support the services required to meet the complex and multifaceted mental-health challenges that children face today.

This World Mental Health day we want to give an overview of our projects working on the topic of mental health, as well as acknowledging why mental health is so important.

To help us gain a better understanding of the research landscape and the various themes within the mental health space, we commissioned The GovLab to undertake a topic mapping exercise on adolescent mental health, with a focus on measurement and monitoring.