A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize a public workshop to bring together youth, families, clinicians, and industry leaders around digital tools for youth mental health, including artificial intelligence. The workshop will examine how to collaboratively develop quality measurement standards, assess the safety and efficacy of these tools, apply clinical and ethical considerations essential to responsible deployment, and address implementation challenges.
Building on an initial November 2025 workshop focused on youth mental health, this workshop will delve more deeply into defining quality measurement and clinical standards for these digital tools aimed at youth mental health, exploring how digital mental health interventions can be developed through authentic youth and family partnership, and establishing rigorous quality standards and appropriate clinical safeguards.
The workshop will examine frameworks for youth co-creation of digital tools for youth mental health; quality measurement approaches that balance speed with rigor; methods for incorporating lived experience into design, evaluation, and validation; and the clinical and ethical considerations essential to responsible deployment.
Presentations and discussions will consider how to measure quality outcomes across the continuum of digital interventions and the safety and efficacy of these tools, from self-help tools to therapy extenders to virtual care platforms that meet the needs of various interested parties including youth, families, clinicians, child and adolescent mental health specialists, funders, and health systems.
A planning committee will organize the workshop, select and invite speakers and discussants, and moderate the discussions. A proceedings-in-brief will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.