The Youth Alliance for Mental Health has worked with schools for left-behind children to help these children in China. In particular, we have initiated three programs in Bozhou No. 1 School in Anhui to approach the issue of poor mental health among left-behind children in different ways.

Left-Behind Children in Special Schools

Healthy Young Minds is an annual project YAMH initiates and organizes, which consists of a series of webinars over zoom and focuses on teenagers (middle and high school students). Since the founding of YAMH in the fall of 2020, YAMH has carried out the project every year in the spring (2021, 2022) —  Of course, we plan to hold it in 2023 as usual, so be on the look out! 

Healthy Young Minds

YAMH partnered with the Beijing Tiantanghe Detoxification and Rehabiliation Center and intiated a mindfulness program for people with substance use disorder in the center. We further established an online mindfulness training system for the center.  

People with Substance Use Disorder in Drug Rehab Centers

YAMH has led yoga and mindfulness meditation sessions at nursing homes (Taikang Nursing Home) for elderly people. Some elders suffer from conditions that pervent them from practicing yoga on the mat, and they would practice yoga on the chair in the yoga classes.

Seniors in Nursing Homes

YAMH took part in organizing and attending the National Mindfulness Meditation Academic Conference, hosted by Peking University's School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences. YAMH recruited many youth to participate in this event, hoping to open their eyes to new ways of thinking and to new methods for boosting mental health.

4th National Mindfulness Meditation Academic Conference