title: Addressing mental health challenges facing the "Next America": A call for culture change.
abstract: Provides an editorial addressing future mental health challenges. The articles in this issue highlight the need to create environments conducive to promoting the well-being of future generations. The articles build on symposia held by the American Orthopsychiatric Association in 2015, which focused on the effects on well-being of changing sociodemographics and labor market trends. Included in these pages are articles that lay out some of the challenges young people today face and strategies for helping them transition to adulthood successfully.
authors.affiliation: Kempe Center for Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect, Department of Pediatrics University of Colorado School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Jill D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: McLeigh
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Gary B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Melton
mesh_terms: D065246:Culturally Competent Care; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D014481:United States