Thank you for your kind message, Frank. Since its beginning in 2019, the collaboration between Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), University of Cambridge and YPMH: The Foundation For Young People's Mental Health has been terrific. Together, we have co-developed new approaches to help: 1. Understand: o How mental health conditions, such as depression in young people, develop through social and psychological factors and biological mechanisms o How to identify opportunities to improve prevention, early detection, diagnosis, and personalised management and treatment 2. Innovate: o Specific innovations across a range of contexts o Portfolios of innovations for, for example, specific care stages - such as primary prevention o Portfolios of innovations for, for example, organisations engaging with young people, such as schools 3. Implement innovations, considering: o The factors needed to support behaviour change for individuals’, combining this with o Change within organisations, and o Change across ecosystems, helping to key stakeholders to understand their roles in delivering effective change. -Looking forward to continuing our collaboration!
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