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Becoming an Adult: Challenges for Those with Mental Health Conditions

Brief

Date Posted: Thursday, October 06, 2011

By: Maryann Davis, Kathryn Sabella, Lisa M. Smith, Amanda Costa

Abstract

This brief will describe psychosocial development and family life cycle changes during the transition to adulthood in typical youth and youth with serious mental health conditions (SMHC). We also describe additional challenges this population faces, and what can be done to support them and improve their outcomes.

Originally published as: Transitions RTC Research Brief 3, 2011.

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Subject Area

Transition Age Youth

Keywords

transition to adulthood, youth, serious mental health conditions (SMHC), Spanish

Suggested Citation

Davis M, Sabella K, Smith LM, Costa A. Becoming an Adult: Challenges for Those with Mental Health Conditions [English and Spanish versions]. Psychiatry Information in Brief 2012;8(15):1064. https://doi.org/10.7191/pib.1064. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/pib/vol8/iss15/1