New YouTube Digital Series with JED and Room 1041 Aims to Engage Teens on Mental Health

YouTube today announced a new partnership with The Jed Foundation (JED), a leading nonprofit that protects emotional health and prevents suicide for teens and young adults nationwide, and Room 1041, an award-winning content studio that specializes in digital strategy, talent partnerships, and production, to develop an engaging and evidence-based digital series detailing tips and tools designed to support teens' well-being as they learn, create, and thrive. Each video in the series features a clinical expert from JED alongside well-known, teen-focused YouTube creators such as Crash Adams, Ashley Yi, Tim Chantarangsu, Lexi Hensler, Dental Digest, Matt Peterson, Gavin Magnus, NEVADA, zoeunlimited, Symonne Harrison, Dylan Lemay, GloZell, Rosanna Pansino, Cassandra Bankson, and more.

Mind Matters: Creators Open Up About Mental Health is a collection of 40 mental health videos for teens that discuss 20 relevant topics impacting teen mental well-being. Topics such as anger, anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), breakups, binge drinking, depression, eating disorders, loneliness, stress management, and others are presented in a compelling and age-appropriate manner.

"I want my platform to be the safe space my inner child longed for ? free of judgment and filled with kindness, empathy, growth, and the rawness of my own struggles," said zoeunlimited, YouTube content creator. "Adolescence ? and life itself ? is filled with challenges and setbacks, but the beauty lies in knowing we don't have to face them alone. Here, we blossom together."

The first two videos premiered on JED's YouTube channel for Safer Internet Day (February 11) with content creators including Gavin Magnus and NEVADA talking about breakups and zoeunlimited, Symonne Harrison, GloZell, and Rosanna Pansino discussing loneliness, with more being released in the coming months.

"Creators can play an important role in helping teens to get engaged on mental health topics. We're excited to partner with JED to help bring this series to life," said Dr. Garth Graham, Global Head of YouTube Health.

In the United States, 87% of young people say they've gone online for mental health information. More than 95% of teens report using the internet daily with 73% saying they visit YouTube every day. Mind Matters provides teens with evidence-based advice in creative, engaging ways that will help them feel a sense of belonging and manage their emotional well-being.

"We are excited to partner with YouTube and Room 1041 to produce engaging content about mental health featuring creators young people relate to and follow," said Dr. Laura Erickson-Schroth, JED's Chief Medical Officer. "Teens will get an up-close view of some of their favorite creators' experiences with stress, loneliness, breakups, and more, alongside their strategies for taking care of themselves, building community, and reaching out for help when they need it."

"As the creative studio behind top creators, reaching millions is always a goal?but when a project can make a real impact while doing it, that's something special," said Jesse Dueck, co-founder of Room 1041. "Huge thanks to JED and YouTube for the opportunity to create something meaningful."

To view, share, or embed across social media channels and/or websites, visit JED's YouTube channel.

Interviews with content creators and representatives of YouTube, JED, and Room 1041 are available upon request.

About YouTube
Launched in May 2005, YouTube's mission is to give everyone a voice and show them the world. We believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we listen, share and build community through our stories. YouTube is a Google company.

About The Jed Foundation (JED)
JED is a nonprofit that protects emotional health and prevents suicide for our nation's teens and young adults. We're partnering with high schools, colleges, and school districts to strengthen their mental health, substance misuse, and suicide prevention programs and systems. We're equipping teens and young adults with the skills and knowledge to help themselves and each other. We're encouraging community awareness, understanding, and action for young adult mental health. And we're working with influencers, content creators, and the media to promote positive depictions of mental health and help-seeking behaviors in collaboration with the Mental Health Storytelling Coalition through the Digital Storytelling Guide.

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About Room 1041
Founded in 2018 by director Galang 'Stro' To and producer Jesse Dueck, Room 1041 is the creative studio behind the top creators. The multimedia production company and studio specializes in digital content and has amassed an audience of over 500 million monthly views. Stro - alongside a team of talented storytellers - produces scripted and unscripted projects across a variety of mediums. The award winning full-service production company and studio is headquartered in Culver City, California.