Turning the Tide: Creating a global blueprint for prevention and integrated care in Youth Mental Health

The seventh International Conference on Youth Mental Health will be held in Vancouver which is located within the shared, unceded, ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We respect the land and honour this tradition of land acknowledgement that dates back centuries for Indigenous people. We thank those Indigenous people who still live on and care for these lands.

The International Association for Youth Mental Health (IAYMH) is a membership-based organisation for professionals, researchers, organisations, policy makers, young people and parents. The IAYMH’s mission is to change the way the global community thinks about young people and their mental health.

We want to do this by ensuring youth mental health services are appropriate to a young person’s age and stage of development, and that young people have an active voice in determining what is best for them.

Every two years, the IAYMH hosts an international conference in a different global city. Unlike traditional medical research conferences, the IAYMH event is planned and delivered in partnership with young people.