Topic: Youth & Adolescents
Pipi-in-Your-Pocket: Co-Designing Digital Wellbeing with Young People
Real shares how co-design with young people and frontline staff shaped Pipi-in-Your-Pocket, a digital wellbeing tool designed to strengthen connection, support and continuity of care between face-to-face sessions.
spunout Navigator – marking one year of connecting 54,600 young people in Ireland to personalised mental health information, resources and support.
Ireland Digital Mental Health Think Tank: Advancing Strategy, Collaboration, and Global Leadership
AI for youth mental health and substance use health: A primer
A new three-part resource series explores the growing role of AI in child and youth mental health and addictions, outlining its potential benefits, risks, and practical applications for leaders, providers, and the communities they serve.
China Global Dialogue Forum: Digital innovation driving mental health transformation
Guided Chatbot Intervention Reduces Anxiety and Depression Among Young People in Jordan
A randomised controlled trial in Jordan found that the WHO’s guided STARS chatbot significantly reduced anxiety and depression among distressed young adults at three-month follow-up.
BBC News Investigation: GPs Warn of Mental Health Over-Diagnosis Amid Growing Gaps in Support
A BBC News investigation finds that many GPs in England are concerned about the over-diagnosis of mental health conditions alongside serious gaps in access to timely, high-quality support, highlighting tensions between medicalising everyday distress and unmet clinical need.
Building JARA: A Judgment-Free AI Companion for Youth and Young Adults Who Use Substances or Alcohol
JARA is a judgment-free, evidence-based AI companion designed to help youth and young adults navigate substance use, harm reduction, and recovery goals safely, confidentially, and without stigma—bridging the gap between early support and formal care.
Understanding How Interventions for Youth Depression and Anxiety Work: Report Summary
A new Wellcome-commissioned report examines how and why interventions for youth anxiety and depression work, identifying major gaps in mechanistic evidence, prevention research, and lived-experience integration, and setting priorities to guide more precise, equitable, and youth-centred mental health research globally.
Overdiagnosis Debate in Mental Health Misses the Point: A Case for Personalized Care
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