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But, of course, it is also about the evidence. Last year, I participated in the mental health advisory group for the Youth Futures Foundation, which published first-of-its-kind findings from research carried out by the University of Manchester and UCL. The research explored the population-level explosion in youth mental health problems that we are all well aware of. The most robust evidence indicates that, following the steep increase in young people’s social media and connected smartphone use, there has been a negative impact on our young people’s mental health, particularly symptoms of low mood and anxiety. The consistency of inference across research designs provides us with some confidence that a causal relationship exists.