Launching into adulthood from institutional care with a serious mental health condition

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 209-215

  Klodnick, Vanessa Vorhies ^a   Davis, Kristin E ^a   Fagan, Marc A ^b   Elias, Allison ^b  

^a Thresholds Dartmouth Research Center   (United States)

^b Thresholds Psychiat Rehab Centers   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging adulthood; Qualitative research; Residential care; Serious mental illness; Transition age youth

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIAL STIGMA; TRANSITION TO ADULT CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMORBIDITY; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GROUP HOMES; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIAL STIGMA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TRANSITION TO ADULT CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895044005     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-013-9643-1     Document Type: Article

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