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Science Update
September 5, 2007

New Research to Help Youth with Mental Disorders Transition to Adulthood

As young people with mental health disorders transition from adolescence to adulthood, they frequently face new and difficult challenges such as the loss of state-issued benefits like Medicaid and foster care, or loss of family-based insurance coverage. Unfortunately, many are not prepared for the abrupt transition and may not be able to effectively manage their disorder on their own. They may experience a relapse, be hospitalized, or end up homeless or in prison.

Several new NIMH- funded grants will examine these issues, and work toward developing better ways to help young people with mental disorders successfully enter adulthood.

Colleen Labbe