Leading with Next Gen Prevention

For more than 100 years, Mental Health America has led the fight for mental health and well-being and today, we continue to fight for and center the needs of people with lived experience.

We celebrate our progress and acknowledge the frontiers that lie ahead — including the outlook for young people who are navigating new challenges of maintaining good mental health and wellness. Today, we are focused on the future.

Our strategic plan, Next Generation Prevention (Next Gen), centers our attention on the health and well-being of future generations and systemic reforms, as well as the embrace of new frontiers of science — from digital solutions to spirituality. All of this will change how we approach whole person health and healing.

Our mission

Mental Health America advances the mental health and well-being of all people living in the U.S. through public education, research, advocacy and public policy, and direct service.

Our vision

We envision a world in which all people and communities have equitable opportunity for mental health and well-being and are enabled to flourish and live with purpose and meaning.

Our commitments

Lived experience

We follow the lead of those with lived experience to improve the future of health and well-being.

Prevention

We invest in prevention to save lives today and save costs tomorrow.

Access

We advocate for access to mental health care and reform wherever there has been harm, injustice, or exclusion in mental health.

Well-being

Ensure everyone has positive mental health and well-being. MHA will use data and seek to serve those who experience gaps in care and are not well served by existing systems.

What we do

We help

Our resources are among the most robust for people seeking help for their mental health.

We inform

Our growing body of research and screening tools help you understand and improve your mental health.

We inspire action

We advocate for reform wherever there has been harm, injustice, or exclusion in the field of mental health.

Learn about our programs

Our programs and initiatives fulfill our mission of promoting mental health and preventing mental illness through advocacy, education, research, and services.

Our horizon focus areas

Social drivers of mental health

Next Generation Equity
We advance the understanding that addressing the social drivers of mental health are vital conditions of overall well-being

Next generation digital

Next generation innovation
We ensure the next wave of digital supports and services center lived experience in solutions.

Spirituality

Next Generation Resilience
We elevate the concepts of spirituality and consciousness in the public understanding of mental health.

Screening 2.0

Next Generation Prevention
We explore the development of National Prevention and Screening Programs as tools that can be used by individuals, school, payers, and/or employers.

Collective impact

Next Generation Sustainability
We enhance the capacity of our Affiliate Network and establish strategic partnerships to expand our national reach and impact.

Substance use

Next Generation Support
We more fully integrate substance use and mental health on a national level through advocacy, research, and public education.