Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

CMHS Consumer Affairs E-News
June 28, 2007, Vol. 07-100

Brief Highlights Community Efforts to Provide Continuity of Mental Health Care and Developmentally Appropriate Supports to Adolescents and Young Adults

On the MOVE: Helping Young Adults with Serious Mental Health Needs Transition into Adulthood presents findings and future directions from an initiative to develop and implement transition programs for adolescents with mental and emotional difficulties as they enter adulthood. The brief, produced by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Partnership for Youth Transition (PYT) Initiative, provides a snapshot of five PYT-funded sites in Maine, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Washington. Topics include the unique challenges of moving from adolescence to adulthood for adolescents and young adults diagnosed with a serious emotional disturbance or serious mental illness, matching services to the needs of adolescents and young adults, and the Transition to Independence Process Model. Data and preliminary findings from cross-sectional analyses of the PYT projects are presented. Federal and state policy recommendations and lists of resources and contacts are also included. The report is available at http://sites.ts.samhsa.gov/sites/adca/Documents/On_The_Move.pdf.

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