Little research has been published on mental health difficulties in young people (aged 10–24 years) living in central Asia,1 a region comprising Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. As researchers and representatives from academic, non-governmental, governmental, and UN organisations working in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan and beyond, we are noting an increasing number of young people reporting emotional and behavioural symptoms in central Asia in published articles2 and from our own observations.
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