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Mental health inequality in young LGBT+ people demands early universal interventions

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Acknowledgements

G. Lewis is supported by a Sir Henry Dale Fellowship jointly funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Royal Society (grant number 223248/Z/21/Z). The authors thank the members of the Young People Advisory Group, who have provided important insights on the potential prevention of mental health inequalities among young sexual and gender minorities.

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  1. These authors contributed equally: Elizabeth Ingram, Merle Schlief

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  1. Department of Applied Health Research, University College London, London, UK

    Elizabeth Ingram

  2. Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK

    Merle Schlief, Grace Levy, Theodora Stefanidou, Talen Wright & Gemma Lewis

  3. School of Public Health, Yale, New Haven, CT, USA

    John E. Pachankis

  4. Bipolar UK, London, UK

    Talen Wright

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E.I. and M.S. drafted and revised the manuscript. J.P., G. Levy, T.S., T.W. and G. Lewis reviewed and provided written feedback on the manuscript drafts.

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Ingram, E., Schlief, M., Pachankis, J.E. et al. Mental health inequality in young LGBT+ people demands early universal interventions. Nat. Mental Health 2, 257–258 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-024-00201-9

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