By Yesenia Barrios Using social media– specifically apps like Instagram and Snapchat--requires tricky negotiation for young people to...

By Aileen Delgado Justin Fernandez says he got two big things out of the UHMP boot camp on community health storytelling for high school...

Blacks were 10% of LA’s population, but 44% of those diagnosed with “serious  mental  illness.” - 2014 report to the Committee on the...

By Brie Zeltner and Malaya Mason St. Louis, MO - More licensed therapists on campus. Requiring parent or guardian participation in all...

By Brie Zeltner and Sarah Gandluri For Justin Soyka, the crisis came in middle school. During his 8th grade year, he survived two suicide...

By Pamela Rentz and Malaya Mason Youth leaders in high schools across Staten Island say that some of the biggest challenges facing their...

By Sarah Gandluri and Brie Zeltner St. Louis, Missouri -- Feeling safe in school was a problem in Missouri even before the pandemic added...

By Radiah Jamil and Kayla Johnson A group of Albuquerque teens and young adults have big plans to tackle problems they see in area...

By Angely Pena Agramonte Teens today are under a lot of stress: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported that the...

By Sophia Garcia Youthcast Media Group® Generation Z - born roughly between the mid 1990s and early 2010s - has already made a name for...

By Pam Rentz and Sarah Meehan After watching their peers struggle with mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of students in...

By Radiah Jamil, Kayla Johnson and Sarah Meehan Students from Gaffney High School and Ewing Middle School are planning to launch a...

By Pamela Rentz and Sarah Meehan Mental health issues, racial disparities and lack of technology access were problematic for New Mexico...

By Pam Rentz Youthcast Media Group® While great strides have been made toward normalizing the concept of “self-care” and incorporating...

Mental Health Resources American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Photo Gallery 4 3 1 2 5 Recommendations by Neuropsychologist Dr....

By Maurice Ware Youthcast Media Group® The smell of fresh oil being spread. The thud of bowling balls hitting the lane. The loud crashing...

By Kayla Johnson December 29, 2020 Youthcast Media Group ® PHILADELPHIA — Before he was out of his teens, Waltkeem Jenkins had been...

By Madeleine Voth October 25, 2020 Youthcast Media Group ® “What happens when reality is so painful, that hiding away is the only...

October 1, 2019 Youthcast Media Group ® When trauma in the black community is discussed, and its causes and possible cures are talked...

September 16, 2019 Youthcast Media Group ® Sidney Davis did not want to be known as that kid. The one with the mental illness. Davis has...