AIM Gala 2025

AIM Youth Mental Health is excited to announce our 11th Annual Gala at The Inn at Spanish Bay Grand Ballroom in Pebble Beach. We invite you to join us on Friday, October 17, for a memorable evening as we raise funds to support youth mental health.

Improving Teen Depression Outcomes Through a Digital Intervention

AIM Clinical Science Fellow Grantee: Carter Funkhouser, PhD - Columbia University. Carter will evaluate a brief, web-based intervention designed to support teens with depression by teaching interpersonal skills. Embedded on Mental Health America’s widely used online screening platform, this tool aims to reach adolescents who screen positive for depression but

Reducing Cultural and Structural Barriers to Youth Mental Health Care

AIM Clinical Science Fellow Grantee: Wendy Chu, PhD - Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. Wendy will co-develop a culturally responsive system to reduce cultural and structural barriers to mental health care for racially marginalized youth. Working alongside youth co-researchers, she will create a therapist training and a user-friendly tool to

Advancing Sleep and Emotion Regulation for Youth with Bipolar Disorder

AIM Clinical Science Fellow Grantee: Delainey Wescott, PhD - University of Pittsburgh. Delainey will pilot TERRA (Targeting Emotion & Rhythm Regulation in Adolescents), a brief intervention designed to improve sleep and emotion regulation in youth with bipolar spectrum disorders. This study will evaluate the program’s feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy

Where Youth Voice Meets Actionable Science

How AIM Youth Mental Health is evolving to ensure young people are not just heard, but leading the way.

How Our Screens Are Making Stress Worse

By Lilia Spiegel, an AIM Ideas Lab Southern California Cohort Member

Why Now is the Moment to Invest in Science

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.

More Than a Screen: The Real Impact of Social Media on Teen Mental Health

"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."