New publication: Bridging gaps in youth mental health care
Europe is facing a youth mental health crisis that will last for decades, impacting the long-term health outcomes, wellbeing and economic productivity of our current generation of young people. Many young people experience mental health problems, but only a minority receive appropriate care.
New publication: The cost-effectiveness of SELFIE 1.0
Is the SELFIE intervention worth the financial investment, compared to doing nothing? Cost-effectiveness research answers this question by comparing the outcomes and financial costs between people who received the intervention and those who did not.
Update of the Health Technology Assessment Advisory Group (HAG)
At the end of 2025, we established the Health Technology Assessment Advisory Group (HAG), a panel of leading researchers and professionals with extensive expertise in mental health, economic evaluation, and health technology assessment.
Resilience, Recovery, and the Importance of Early Support
The experiences you have in early childhood, both good and bad, shape you. However, nothing is set in stone. It is precisely during childhood and adolescence that you undergo significant development, and your brain is still highly malleable. This idea, that people are not defined by their early experiences, but that change and recovery are possible, has always fascinated me.
Update of the Mental Health Advisory Group (MAG)
What does it really take to get a young person the mental health support they need?
Over the past weeks, our Mental Healthcare Advisory Group (MAG) came together across two sessions, bringing expert clinicians, academics and parents from Ireland, Italy, Denmark, and the Netherlands to ask a fundamental question: what happens when a young person tries to get help and what gets in the way?
Report Reveals How Mental Health Challenges Affect the Enjoyment of Human Rights by Young People
A new report from AEGEE‑Europe and YOUTHreach suggests that improving youth mental health in Europe is not simply a matter of expanding clinical services. It requires systemic reform, sustained investment, and a shift toward approaches that recognise mental health as a human rights issue.
MOST platforms in participating countries are preparing their local content for use
As part of the YOUTHreach project, researchers and young people across participating countries are working together to prepare and implement three youth-friendly mental health interventions.
YAG Update #4
Learn more about the work of the YAG in the last few months.
YOUTHreach hosts EU “Sibling Projects” Meeting in Brussels
On 20 March 2026, the YOUTHreach project had the pleasure of co-organising and participating, with the support of the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (Unit A.3 on Health Research) the EU “Sibling Projects” meeting, hosted at the Maastricht University Brussels Hub.
YOUTHreach researchers join the EFPSA Conference 2026
On Friday March 27, 2026, four YOUTHreach researchers will participate in the annual conference of the European Federation of Psychology Students’ Associations (EFPSA).