Youth Mental Health Research Act

This bill proposes the establishment of a Youth Mental Health Research Initiative within the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This initiative would be led by the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, in collaboration with the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, to foster coordinated and collaborative research. The research would encompass fundamental and applied studies on youth mental health, including social, behavioral, cognitive, and developmental aspects to build resilience and enhance community capacity to support at-risk youth. It would also focus on improving the targeting and delivery of mental health interventions in various settings where young people live. The bill authorizes an appropriation of $100,000,000 for each fiscal year from 2025 through 2030 to fund this critical research.