The Aspen Institute 15d ago

Solutions to the growing youth mental health crisis are moving beyond traditional clinical settings to incorporate sports, play, music, and creative arts into care. Leaders from medicine, community-based programs, and professional sports highlight how Mount Sinai Health System and its partners are redefining mental health support and scaling culturally relevant, community-driven models to meet young people where they are—from locker rooms to clinics. By integrating creative expression and athletic engagement into care delivery, these powerful, evidence-based interventions promote psychological safety, foster trust, reduce stress, and build resilience, improving outcomes for vulnerable populations. (Presented by Mount Sinai Health System) Aspen Ideas: Health takes place on the Aspen Institute’s wondrous 40-acre campus in the Rocky Mountains from June 22-25, 2026. The three-day event, which has opened the renowned Aspen Ideas Festival since 2014, is where health’s biggest challenges meet its biggest thinkers. #AspenIdeasHealth #AspenIdeas For more information about Aspen Ideas: Health, visit https://www.aspenideas.org/health.