Strong presence of YOUTHreach at the EPA Section of Epidemiology Congress
Several consortium members contributed to the scientific programme of the EPA Section of Epidemiology Congress in Brescia (16-19 September 2026).
New publication: Health-related quality of life and cost-of-illness in young people seeking peer support at @ease
Youth mental health problems are widespread and often go unaddressed, particularly because many barriers such as long waitlists hinder access to support. Burden of disease studies, which quantify health problems in terms of years lived with reduced quality of life, and years of life lost, have shown that youth mental health problems are a major contributor to the worldwide burden of disease.
Bringing youth mental health research to the PAS Festival
YOUTHreach researchers joined the PAS Festival in Maastricht to talk about youth mental health research and share what happens behind the scenes of the study!
headspace Denmark is officially an associated partner of YOUTHreach!
headspace Denmark just joined YOUTHreach! Read more about their work and how they’ll contribute to the project.
YOUTHreach at the EU HEA Conference
Earlier this summer, Dr. Ayshe Yaylali, postdoctoral researcher at the CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute at Maastricht University, represented YOUTHreach at the EU Health Economics Association (EU HEA) Conference, held from 14–17 July in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Invitation to participate in the DELPHI-YEAH study
What makes a youth mental health service truly accessible, welcoming and youth-friendly? And how can we make sure these principles are consistently put into practice? These are the questions of the DELPHI-YEAH study, a study within the YOUTHreach project, led by our researchers at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
YOUTHreach approach to youth engagement presented at international conference in Bern
How can young people become true partners in mental health research? This question was the focus of a presentation by Dr. Dorothee Horstkötter (Maastricht University) at an international meeting on transdiagnostic youth psychiatric research, held in Bern, Switzerland, on 19 June 2026.
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.