Youth and Adolescents

Why Philanthropy Must Back Systemic Approaches to Youth Mental Health

Website

12 January 2026

Youth mental health is a growing global crisis, with most mental health conditions beginning before the age of 25. Young people today face increasing stress from poverty, academic and social pressure, bullying (including online), climate...

The multidimensional social ecological needs and service utilization patterns of youth using non-medical prescription opioids: an observational study of routinely collected data in a provincial integrated youth services initiative

Scientific article

26 November 2026

This study examined how non-medical prescription opioid use (NMPOU) among youth aged 12–24 is linked to their health, social needs, and use of services within an integrated youth services network in British Columbia, Canada. Data from over...

Supporting children affected by the substance use of a parent or sibling

12 March 2026

Online

Join our online training course exploring the effects of substance use in the family on children, and how to support them.

Online training - Supporting children affected by the substance use of a parent or sibling

Joint Meeting on Youth Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery

24 March 2026

Baltimore

United States

From risk to resilience: Transforming youth substance use care

Can Intersectoral Interventions Reduce Substance Use in Adolescence? Evidence From a Multicentre Randomized Controlled Study

Scientific article

26 August 2022

This multicentre randomised controlled study evaluated a 3-year intersectoral intervention designed to reduce alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis use among adolescents in a tri-border region of Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay. The intervention...

Healthy Holiday Choices: Substance Prevention for Youth

ISSUP Webinar

18 December 2025

ISSUP Tanzania presents its webinar titled 'Healthy Holiday Choices: Substance Prevention for Youth'.

Understanding Emotions: Nivishe Mental Health Comic Book

Book

Nivishe Foundation successfully launched “Understanding Emotions,” the first chapter in its groundbreaking Brainwaves Comic Book Series, one of Africa’s first comic books dedicated to mental health education. The series uses relatable...

Youth Mental Health & Wellbeing Flagship Initiative by UN Youth Office

Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster

The United Nations Youth Office launched the flagship initiative on Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing! The initiative promotes an ecosystem model for youth mental health and wellbeing, using a whole-of-society approach. The initiative was...

Healthy Holiday Choices: Substance Prevention for Youth

18 December 2025

Online

ISSUP Tanzania would like to invite you to its webinar titled 'Healthy Holiday Choices: Substance Prevention for Youth'.

Child and youth mental health in the WHO European Region: Status and actions to strengthen quality of care

Report

7 November 2025

For the first time WHO Regional Office for Europe brings together all of data available at the Regional level on child and youth mental health. One in seven children and adolescents aged 0–19 years old lives with a mental health condition...