About the 2025 Mental Health America Conference Theme

The 2025 Mental Health America Conference, Turn Awareness Into Action, will bring together experts, innovators, and advocates who are implementing strategies that work—approaches that improve mental health care, expand access, and create lasting change.

Attendees will gain practical tools and learn about proven models to take what’s working and replicate it in their own communities.

Topics we’re exploring in 2025:

Innovation: Exploring emerging success in technology-driven mental health treatment, AI-powered solutions, and integrating lived experience to enhance well-being and care outcomes.
Collective Impact: Exploring partnerships and alliances between groups such as governments, nonprofits, researchers, and/or community members to improve mental health outcomes and expand access to care.
Enhancing Community Well-being and Crisis Management: Discussing methods to improve community wellness, preparedness, and crisis response.
Breaking Barriers to Access: Innovative forms of community-based mental health information and care delivery - mobile health care and mobile crisis, street medicine, and mental health literacy.
Youth and Young Adults: Sharing youth-driven programs, services, policy changes, and technologies co-created or led by young people.

About the Mental Health America Conference

Each year, thousands of mental health advocates unite in Washington, DC, and online for an inspiring week of empowerment and innovation. From peers to providers, government officials and media, this dynamic group ignites a collective spark, sharing invaluable knowledge and
fostering the next wave of advocacy for mental health.

Past speakers include recognized advocates in the mental health field, such as musicians Michelle Williams and Andy Grammer, author Ibram X. Kendi, Former US State Representative Patrick Kennedy, Dr. Nzinga Harrison, World Champion medalist swimmer Allison Schmitt, and soccer star Abby Wombach.