Developmental Psychopathology: Risk and Resilience in the Transition to Young Adulthood.
The transition from adolescence to young adulthood is a challenging time for many young people, given the multiple simultaneous demands placed by biological, psychological, and social forces that affect an individual's development. There are additional challenges when one is coping with ongoing or evolving mental health disorders. This article focuses on the demographics of transitional age youth, ages 16 to 26 years, in the United States, the unique characteristics of this developmental period, and how risk and resilience factors may affect the course of development and an individual's pathway to adulthood.
Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatry, Private Practice, 20 West 86th Street, Suite 1A, New York, NY 10025, USA; Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, 230 South Frontage Road, New Haven, CT 06519, USA. Electronic address: patricia.leebens@gmail.com.
Patricia K
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Leebens
Vanderbilt Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program, Vanderbilt University, 1500 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37212, USA.
Edwin D
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Williamson
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006803:Human Development; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D055815:Young Adult
Adolescence; Development; Pathway to adulthood; Psychiatry; Psychology; Resilience; Risk; Transitional age youth