Youth Mental Health in the AI Era: How GenAI Enters Help-Seeking Pathways
JED partnered with Surgo Health on new research exploring youth mental health and generative artificial intelligence (AI) usage.
Generative AI is rapidly becoming part of young people’s everyday lives, but not all young people are experiencing it the same way. New nationally representative research from Surgo Health, in partnership with JED, shows that how youth engage with AI reflects deeper differences in support, stress, access, and well-being.
Surgo Health conducted a two-part research series: the first report in partnership with Young Futures looked at youth AI engagement, and the second report: Youth Mental Health in the AI Era: How GenAI Enters Help-Seeking Pathways in partnership JED looked at how AI enters youth mental health help-seeking. Results show that young people report engaging with AI in fundamentally different ways depending on social support, stress, adversity, and access to care. Together, the findings underscore that youth engagement with AI varies in important ways.
JED partnered with Surgo Health on the report, contributing to question design and interpretation of findings related to youth mental health and suicide prevention.
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