A Silent Epidemic: The Mental Health Crisis in our Schools

By AIM Youth Board Advisory Member

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Our public schools are struggling to handle millions of students with mental health problems. Here’s why. Click here to view NPR’s graphic story that explores why so many of our students are struggling with mental health in America.

September 14, 2023

Our public schools are struggling to handle millions of students with mental health problems. Here’s why.

Click here to view NPR’s graphic story that explores why so many of our students are struggling with mental health in America. Be sure to review NPR’s related resources at the end of the introductory graphic as well.

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"As a teen who has lived through the harshest side of social media, I set out to understand how it’s impacting others like me. Through the AIM Ideas Lab, I surveyed hundreds of students—and what I found was both validating and deeply concerning."

A Silent Epidemic: The Mental Health Crisis in our Schools

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Funding cuts at the National Institute of Health and elsewhere threaten research on mental health treatment for youth. Private foundations like AIM Youth Mental Health can help.

"As a teen who has lived through the harshest side of social media, I set out to understand how it’s impacting others like me. Through the AIM Ideas Lab, I surveyed hundreds of students—and what I found was both validating and deeply concerning."

A toolkit for teens to heal alongside each other.

A student-led California report by AIM’s Ideas Lab youth researchers. Young people know what they need for their mental health. Are we listening?

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