Ideas for your everyday life
Talks and interactive workshops focus on mental health and living with social media and AI. Ask your questions, discover new perspectives and take home ideas for everyday life.
What it’s about
By us.
By us.
For us.
What helps you feel good? What puts you under pressure? And what needs to change so that young people in Switzerland can stay mentally healthy?
Youth Mental Health Day is a day by young people and young adults, for young people and young adults – brought to life together with health organisations across Switzerland and many others who care about mental health.
YMHD is organised by young people from the Future Council Centre association – committed former participants of the Future Council U24 – made possible by the Beisheim Foundation.
Mental health is one of the most important issues of our generation. Come along, get inspired and help it get the attention it deserves.
Space for your perspective
What’s on your mind? What’s missing for young people? Share your view and talk with others about what should change – in everyday life and in the conditions that shape mental health.
Meet people
Get to know other young people and organisations from the health sector. Find out what they work on, what support is available and how they respond to young people’s concerns.
Programme · Sat 10 October 2026
One day,
One day,
many voices.
From 13:00 to 20:00 at PROGR Bern, free entry. Snacks and apéro are on us! We’ll keep adding workshop topics and contributors.
- Doors openArrive at PROGR
- Workshops & meeting peopleTake part, ask questions and get to know health organisations from across Switzerland. Two rooms, four workshops: choose freely and come and go whenever you like.Kleine BühneAtelier 36814:00–15:25
“Don’t wait for the fire”
Staying strong, noticing early when things start to tip, and not sliding back after a crisis: these are the three pillars of prevention. Benedikt Schmid shows what they mean for your everyday life, and you discuss what needs to change in Switzerland.
with Benedikt Schmid, President of the Young Centre
“What helped me”
For you – or for friends who aren’t doing well right now: young peers have been through tough times themselves and now support other young people. They share what helped them and answer your questions.
with peers from PUK Zurich and Joëlle Thélin
15:30–17:00Research in dialogue
A national research programme is currently studying the mental health of young people in Switzerland. Find out what’s being researched. Bring the questions that matter to you. And discuss how young people can have a say in research.
with PUK Zurich and ZHAW
AI, social media and your everyday life
Just a little more scrolling - one more prompt - and suddenly an hour is gone. How do you find a balance between being online and making time for yourself? A hands-on workshop where you question your digital habits and gather ideas for using AI and social media more mindfully.
with SlowTech Switzerland
- Keynote by Benjamin Bargetzi, AI pioneerHow the new world is changing our brains - and what we can do about it
- Panel discussionConversation on stage – with questions from the audience
- ApéroFree apéro, conversations and winding down until 20:00
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Free · sign up in 2 minutes · come and go whenever you like
You’re welcome here
Even if this isn’t usually your thing.
You’re exactly who we’re looking for. The more diverse the perspectives, the better.
- You don’t need any prior knowledge or a fully formed opinion.
- You can bring questions or just listen.
- You can come alone or with others.
- You only share personal experiences if you want to.
Sign-up
Join us on
Join us on
10 October.
Signing up takes about 2 minutes: your email and age are all we need. If you like, tell us which topics interest you and which question you’d like to discuss at YMHD – that way, your questions help shape the day from the start.
- Stress and pressure
- Social media & self-image
- AI in everyday life
- Friendship & loneliness
- Finding support
- What should change
- Can I come for just part of the day?
- Of course! You can come and go whenever you like. You’re also welcome to just drop in without signing up. Signing up helps us plan better.
- How do I get there?
- PROGR, Waisenhausplatz 30, 3011 Bern – a few minutes’ walk from Bern station. Open map ↗
- Can I bring someone?
- Sure – ideally, each of you signs up separately.
- Any other questions?
- Write to us at ymhd@zkrz.ch.
For organisations
Get talking with young people.
Would you like to present your services and hear first-hand what’s on the minds of young people and young adults? Get in touch – together we’ll explore how you could get involved in YMHD.
Get in touch
Our vision
Once is not enough.
Our goal: to make YMHD an annual platform for dialogue and action – bringing together organisations and stakeholders in mental health with young people and young adults across Switzerland.
2026 is just the beginning.
The YMHD quiz2 facts + 1 fake
Can you spot
the fake?
Studying, social media and AI: what’s backed by research – and what just sounds like it?
In each round, two statements are backed by studies and one is made up. Find the fake, then explore the sources.