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Originally featured on BHT Impact; brought to you on the AIM blog to amplify youth perspective and lived experience.
What a student-led survey reveals about screen time, social media, and mental health.
As a high school student eager to learn more about mental health, I joined the AIM Ideas Lab hoping to challenge myself. Over eight weeks, I gained research skills, confidence, and new habits that continue to support my well-being today.
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.
AIM Youth Mental Health announces June, July, and August Mental Health First Aid Trainings.
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.
By now it’s no secret that far too many young people have been suffering emotionally through this seemingly endless pandemic. But no story I’ve heard quite compares with that of a young man I’ll call Andy.
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.
AIM Youth Mental Health convenes the best and brightest seeking solutions for our children for the 2nd annual AIM Scientific Symposium.
Researcher James Lock of Stanford University has found that parents of teens with anorexia benefit from self-help approaches to family-based therapy.
Originally featured on BHT Impact; brought to you on the AIM blog to amplify youth perspective and lived experience.
What a student-led survey reveals about screen time, social media, and mental health.
As a high school student eager to learn more about mental health, I joined the AIM Ideas Lab hoping to challenge myself. Over eight weeks, I gained research skills, confidence, and new habits that continue to support my well-being today.
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.
Our Stanford researchers explored how a group-based family treatment could empower parents of youth experiencing anorexia nervosa.
This AIM researcher is asking teens for their input on mental health solutions and helping them get out of negative thought spirals in the process.
Updates on the latest, ground-breaking youth mental health research funded by AIM - A Suicide Intervention App For College Students
Updates on the latest, ground-breaking youth mental health research funded by AIM.
New findings from neuroscientist Damien Fair’s research may lead to better brain health for children and point to more-targeted therapies for youth with mental disorders.
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!