Why should we invest in youth mental health?
At the Nordic headspace Conference (November 2025), Sophia Kaur Badhan (Youth Involvement Officer at YOUTHreach) spoke with former Danish Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen to discuss why supporting young people’s mental health is an investment in our collective future.
Building the foundations of the federated data platform
One of the DAG’s first priorities has been supporting the development of the YOUTHreach federated data platform.
Building Bridges to Tomorrow: Innovation in the Transition from Child and Adolescent to Adult Mental Health Care
On 12 June 2026, the YOUTHreach interventions were featured at the symposium “Building Bridges to Tomorrow: Innovation in the Transition from Child and Adolescent to Adult Mental Health Care” in Maastricht, organized by the Top Clinical Centre for Transition Psychiatry at Mondriaan.
YAG Impact Report Highlights the Power of Youth Participation in YOUTHreach
We are proud to share the very first YOUTHreach Youth Advisory Group (YAG) Impact Report, showcasing an inspiring year of youth-led collaboration, creativity and impact across the consortium.
Launch MOST/ENYOY
On May 11, 2026, we celebrated the official launch and go-live of the MOST/ENYOY platform in the Netherlands.
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.
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.