The USA is dealing with well-documented issues around mental health and its treatment.
The Psychiatric Mental Health (PMH) workforce is growing and practicing in a variety of roles …

Young adults access mental health services at lower rates than both older and younger age
groups despite high levels of need. Mental health service use is known to be influenced by …

Studies on mental health service use among juvenile violent offenders prior to their acts of
violence are sparse. Mostly, their service use seems to be short-term, although there may …

Transition-age youth (TAY) diagnosed with serious mental health diagnoses have low
employment rates. Supported Employment (SE) is a widely adopted evidence-based …

The subjective and emotional experience of feeling (mis) understood by another person is
distinct from being literally (mis) understood. While there is literature exploring young …

Increasingly, US community mental health settings are integrating professional near-age
youth peer support providers to improve youth service engagement and outcomes. Youth …

SC Narendorf, A. Palmer et al., 2005). Yet, our service systems remain fragmented with each
system focused on providing services for a specific set of eligibility criteria while the young …

This chapter discusses invalidation in young people's lives and its connection with violence.
It critically reviews the existing evidence base alongside reflection from participants and …

Young people too often experience their interests, their hopes, their views, and their
concerns not listened to or not taken seriously. What young people think and who they are …

Suicide among young women and femmes experiencing houselessness is a startling public
health issue in Canada but their experiences are often hidden. This dissertation wanted to …