How Community Organizations Promote Continuity of Care for Young People with Mental Health Problems.
Young people between the ages of 16 and 25 who experience mental health problems experience transitions and need help from a variety of organizations. Organizations promote continuity of care by assisting young adults with developmental, service, and systemic transitions. Providers offer specific services to help transitions and also form cooperative relationships with other community organizations. Results from a survey of 100 service providers in one community describe organizational attributes and practices which are associated with continuity of care in a regional system for young adults. Data analyses show that full-service organizations which practice cultural competence offer more specific services that foster continuity of care. Larger, full-service organizations are also more likely to have more extensive and collaborative inter-organizational networks that help young adults continue care over time within the regional system of care.
Penn State University, 76 University Drive, Hazleton, PA, 18202, USA. mfp11@psu.edu.
Michael F
MF
Polgar
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, Room 1715 Unit 11, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY, 10032, USA.|Columbia University School of Social Work, New York, NY, USA.
Leopoldo J
LJ
Cabassa
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 725 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, CB#7590, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7590, USA.
Joseph P
JP
Morrissey
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D055815:Young Adult