Implicit measures are widely used because they are assumed to be superior to self-reports. In this Perspective, Corneille and Gawronski challenge this view and argue that claims about disadvantages of self-reports are unfounded and that self-reports have unmatched advantages over implicit measures.

Declines in adolescent mental health over the past decade have been attributed to social media, but the empirical evidence is mixed. In this Review, Orben et al. describe the mechanisms by which social media could amplify the developmental changes that increase adolescents’ mental health vulnerability.

Changing behaviours might be central to responding to societal issues such as climate change and pandemics. In this Review, Albarracín et al. synthesize meta-analyses of individual and social-structural determinants of behaviour and the efficacy of behavioural change interventions that target them across domains to identify general principles that can inform future intervention decisions.

Large language models (LLMs), which can generate and score text in human-like ways, have the potential to advance psychological measurement, experimentation and practice. In this Perspective, Demszky and colleagues describe how LLMs work, concerns about using them for psychological purposes, and how these concerns might be addressed.

Nature Reviews Psychology is interviewing people with lived experience of mental health challenges. We spoke with a volunteer from Anoiksis, a patient association for psychosis, about leading conversations about mental health.

Nature Reviews Psychology is interviewing people with lived experience of mental health challenges. We spoke with Emily White about her contribution to mental health research as a law student and advocate.

Active and meaningful participation of lived experience experts at all stages of the research process improves the quality of mental health research and, ultimately, treatment outcomes. National mental health research funding and structures require innovations to achieve these goals.

This month’s issue is dedicated to laying out the multiple ways in which people with lived experience contribute to clinical research, what needs to be improved and how to do it.

Coproduction in mental health research is inherently emotional. This collaborative work must be configured to maximize emotional benefits and minimize emotional harms to collaborators with lived experience.