title: Youth mental health: we know where we are and we can now say where we need to go next.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To provide an overview of the state of knowledge relevant to the development of youth-specific mental health initiatives.
  
  
  METHODS
  A selective review of data, particularly from Australian community and health service studies, that are relevant to the decisions faced by those who fund and organize health services internationally.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It is possible to reach consensus on key issues such as the current state of evidence, myths that need to be challenged, areas of genuine uncertainty, priorities for future reform, and five and ten year goals and targets.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is considerable convergence of evidence from epidemiology, clinical and basic neuroscience, population health and health service evaluation that supports an urgent new investment in development and evaluation of youth mental health initiatives.
authors.affiliation: Brain and Mind Research Institute, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia. ian.hickie@sydney.edu.au
authors.forename: Ian B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Hickie
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*