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A New Partnership Rooted in Student Leadership: AIM and Rancho Cielo

Findings from the 2026 AIM Ideas Lab, a Youth Participatory Action Research program by AIM Youth Mental Health.

What Young People in California Are Telling Us About Mental Health in 2026

Findings from the 2026 AIM Ideas Lab, a Youth Participatory Action Research program by AIM Youth Mental Health.

AIM Invests in New Research to Support Youth at Risk for Suicide in Emergency Departments

When young people arrive at emergency departments in crisis, support can’t wait. AIM is funding new research to test a single-session intervention designed to help youth at risk for suicide during and after their visit to the ED.

Do You Understand Your Teen’s Online World?

AIM Youth Ambassador, Aerin, explores the disconnect between teens and adults when it comes to understanding social media usage. She encourages parents to destigmatize the role social media plays in a teen's life.

How AIM Shaped My Interdisciplinary Path

AIM Youth Ambassador, Saisha, shares how her passion for mental health advocacy led her to an unexpected intersection with applied math - using data and research to build tools that support teens.

3 Truths We Wouldn’t See Without Youth Input

Originally featured on BHT Impact; brought to you on the AIM blog to amplify youth perspective and lived experience.

How Teens Are Coping With Stress – and Why It’s Backfiring

What a student-led survey reveals about screen time, social media, and mental health.

What Young People in California Are Telling Us About Mental Health in 2026

Findings from the 2026 AIM Ideas Lab, a Youth Participatory Action Research program by AIM Youth Mental Health.

Do You Understand Your Teen’s Online World?

How AIM Shaped My Interdisciplinary Path

AIM Youth Ambassador, Saisha, shares how her passion for mental health advocacy led her to an unexpected intersection with applied math - using data and research to build tools that support teens.

How Teens Are Coping With Stress – and Why It’s Backfiring

What a student-led survey reveals about screen time, social media, and mental health.

A New Partnership Rooted in Student Leadership: AIM and Rancho Cielo

Findings from the 2026 AIM Ideas Lab, a Youth Participatory Action Research program by AIM Youth Mental Health.

What Young People in California Are Telling Us About Mental Health in 2026

Findings from the 2026 AIM Ideas Lab, a Youth Participatory Action Research program by AIM Youth Mental Health.

Do You Understand Your Teen’s Online World?

3 Truths We Wouldn’t See Without Youth Input

Originally featured on BHT Impact; brought to you on the AIM blog to amplify youth perspective and lived experience.

How Teens Are Coping With Stress – and Why It’s Backfiring

What a student-led survey reveals about screen time, social media, and mental health.

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.

A New Partnership Rooted in Student Leadership: AIM and Rancho Cielo

Findings from the 2026 AIM Ideas Lab, a Youth Participatory Action Research program by AIM Youth Mental Health.

What Young People in California Are Telling Us About Mental Health in 2026

Findings from the 2026 AIM Ideas Lab, a Youth Participatory Action Research program by AIM Youth Mental Health.

Do You Understand Your Teen’s Online World?

How AIM Shaped My Interdisciplinary Path

AIM Youth Ambassador, Saisha, shares how her passion for mental health advocacy led her to an unexpected intersection with applied math - using data and research to build tools that support teens.

3 Truths We Wouldn’t See Without Youth Input

Originally featured on BHT Impact; brought to you on the AIM blog to amplify youth perspective and lived experience.

How Teens Are Coping With Stress – and Why It’s Backfiring

What a student-led survey reveals about screen time, social media, and mental health.

Can Heart Health Prevent Bipolar Disorder in Teens?

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.

Youth and Depression: The Epidemic Amid The Pandemic

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.

Can We Help Prevent Anxiety in Kids?

What if playing Red Light Green Light and Simon Says helped inoculate children against anxiety? New research by Dr. Kate Fitzgerald suggests it can.

Teens with Severe Depression and Bipolar Disorder Find New Ways of Interacting

A skills-based approach for adolescents experiencing or at-risk for severe depression, bipolar disorder and psychosis.

Could Targeting Irritability in Kids Improve Their Mental Health?

New studies suggest that personalizing standard psychotherapy treatment may be key to helping highly irritable children get better.

The RAP Program: Early Intervention for Serious Mental Illness

Prediction, early intervention, and prevention of serious mental illness is becoming possible through New York based Recognition and Prevention (RAP) program. By Sydney Stilwell Severe anxiety fills you with fear and dread. It makes you doubt yourself. It seeps into the dark nooks and crannies of your psyche to feed