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Feeling overwhelmed by school? This student-written guide shares practical strategies to recognize unhealthy habits, manage guilt, and shift your mindset to overcome academic burnout.
How AIM Youth Mental Health is evolving to ensure young people are not just heard, but leading the way.
By Lilia Spiegel, an AIM Ideas Lab Southern California Cohort Member
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?
How AIM Youth Mental Health is evolving to ensure young people are not just heard, but leading the way.
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.
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?
In an era where the mental health zeitgeist has never been more open and forth-coming… there seems to be an overcorrection.
The science of habit formation can help you make and keep resolutions that will improve your mental and physical health.
Brought to you by The Alliance and AIM Youth Mental Health.
Feeling overwhelmed by school? This student-written guide shares practical strategies to recognize unhealthy habits, manage guilt, and shift your mindset to overcome academic burnout.
How AIM Youth Mental Health is evolving to ensure young people are not just heard, but leading the way.
By Lilia Spiegel, an AIM Ideas Lab Southern California Cohort Member
"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?
An interview with AIM Scientific Advisory Board member, Dr. Rinad Beidas. Her implementation science research helps point to what’s needed in order to transform our current mental healthcare system to better serve youth.
What if you could use video games as a digital treatment for youth ADHD? Dr. Adam Gazzaley is making that possible by bridging the gap between neuroscience and technology.
Though discussions of mental health have gained ground in recent years, we still have a long way to go — especially when it comes to mental health for youth.
Researcher James Lock of Stanford University has found that parents of teens with anorexia benefit from self-help approaches to family-based therapy.
Through the AIM Ideas Lab, a youth-led survey of local mental health, AIM is discovering the power of peer support in youth mental health.
One of AIM’s new Science Advisory Board members, Benjamin Goldstein, is spearheading cutting edge research on the connection between heart disease and bipolar disorders in teens.
A toolkit for teens to heal alongside each other.
Brought to you by The Alliance and AIM Youth Mental Health.
What is ADHD? It’s etiology, types, symptoms, coping strategies, and even strategies for parents all covered in this Toolkit.
Tools and strategies for youth and adults to become suicide prevention advocates.
Learn these life-saving and research-based practices to support LGBTQ+ youth.
Through a community effort towards prevention of Adverse Childhood Experiences, we can shape a mentally healthy future for our youth!