Paula Lavis, policy and knowledge manager at YoungMinds, welcomed a report by health think-tank the King's Fund that singled out children and young adults as a priority area.
The report, Paying the Price: The Cost of Mental Health Care in England to 2026, said health research funding bodies should collect better data on the cost-effectiveness of mental health promotion and prevention initiatives to reduce further mental health problems.
It added that children and young adults should be a priority because childhood mental illness can lead to more problems later in life.
Lavis said: "Preventing people from getting mental health problems in the first place will have a dramatic effect on the cost impact."
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