title: Shifting the odds of lifelong mental illness through an understanding of the profiles of adolescents and young adults with serious mental health conditions.
abstract: Every day families and mental health providers are called upon to make tough decisions in determining the best quality of care for adolescents and young adults with serious mental health conditions. This study profiles the behavioral and emotional needs and risk behaviors of adolescents and young adults seeking mental health services based on assessment of strengths and needs at program entry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA, mary-spooner@northwestern.edu.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Spooner
authors.forename: Zoran
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Martinovich
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D015897:Comorbidity; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D020380:Needs Assessment; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D055815:Young Adult