The transformative potential of citizen science for mental health
Citizen science is an approach to knowledge production through public engagement in scientific research activities, whereby citizens actively contribute to science either with their intellectual effort, surrounding knowledge, or their tools and resources.1 The European Citizen Science Association identified ten defining principles, including having a genuine scientific outcome and citizens participating in multiple stages of the scientific process. Citizen science is well established in fields such as ecology, where it has enabled large-scale, continent-wide studies.