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When people think about youth mental health, they often start with a very broad and simplistic question: “How can we get more young people to seek help?” This is indubitably an important question to ask, but I think there is a more fundamental one that anyone designing a youth mental health solution must ask first: “What happens after a young person reaches out for help?” As a person with lived experience of complex trauma, I have experienced the mental healthcare system fir

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by Dominique Freeman, BHT Impact In consultation with Zoe W. and Leanne M. At Behavioral Health Tech 2025, we had the privilege of showcasing a youth-led research exhibit with AIM Youth Mental Health. AIM bridges the gap between youth mental health research and access to care by finding, funding, and implementing evidence-based treatments and empowering youth to discover their own mental health solutions. Beyond the collaboration itself, what stood out was the impact of havi