Finding Solutions

AIM Funded Research

AIM funds research across the areas most critical to youth mental health today — with a bias for impact that translates science into support families can actually use.

AnxietyBipolar DisorderDepressionEating DisorderEquity & AccessSuicide PreventionTech & Innovation

Equity & Access

Reducing Cultural and Structural Barriers to Youth Mental Health Care

AIM Clinical Science Fellow Grantee. Wendy will co-develop a culturally responsive system to reduce cultural and structural barriers to mental health care for racially marginalized youth. Working alongside youth co-researchers, she is creating a therapist training and a user-friendly tool to help youth and caregivers identify and address barriers early in treatment.

PI · Wendy Chu, PhD Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Anxiety

Help for Parents with Children on Waitlists for Therapy

AIM Clinical Science Fellow Grantee. Madelaine is evaluating the acceptability and efficacy of a single-session, self-guided, online intervention delivered to parents of children ages 5–12 who are on the waitlist for outpatient CBT.

PI · Madelaine R. Abel, PhD Massachusetts General Hospital

Tech & Innovation

Use of Psilocybin for Youth with Stress Related Disorders

Investigating novel therapeutic pathways for young people living with stress-related disorders, with a focus on equitable access and safety.

PI · Amanda Tamman, PhD AIM 2023 Implementation Equity Grantee

Suicide Prevention

Supporting Youth at Risk for Suicide in Emergency Departments

A new AIM-funded study testing a single-session intervention designed to help youth at risk for suicide during and after their visit to the ED, so support doesn't stop at the hospital doors.

PI · AIM Research Impact Fund Multi-site clinical study

Bipolar Disorder

Adolescent Brain and Mood Trajectories

Longitudinal neuroimaging research to understand which youth are most at risk for mood disorders — and how to intervene earlier and more effectively.

PI · Hilary P. Blumberg, MD Yale School of Medicine

Equity & Access

AIM Ideas Lab — Youth Participatory Action Research

High school students design and conduct peer-to-peer mental health research in their own communities, generating youth-led recommendations for educators, policymakers, and clinicians.

PI · AIM Ideas Lab Youth Researchers California & Arizona high schools