Young Adults with Serious Mental Illness.

Intro -- YOUNG ADULTS WITH SERIOUSMENTAL ILLNESS -- YOUNG ADULTS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- ABBREVIATIONS -- RESULTS IN BRIEF* -- BACKGROUND -- MENTAL ILLNESS AND DISABILITY -- PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM -- FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT CAN ASSISTYOUNG ADULTS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS -- Programs Funding Mental Health Services -- Education and Employment- Related Programs -- Programs that Provide Housing Supports -- MORE THAN 2MILLION YOUNG ADULTSHAVE A SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS THATCAN AFFECT THEIR EDUCATIONAND EMPLOYMENT -- AT LEAST 2.4MILLION YOUNG ADULTS HAD ASERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS IN 2006, AND MANYSUFFERED FROM MULTIPLE DISORDERS ANDDID NOT GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL -- ABOUT 186,000 YOUNG ADULTS HAD A MENTALILLNESS SO SEVERE THAT THEY RECEIVEDDISABILITY BENEFITS FROM THE SSA IN 2006 -- THE NUMBER OF YOUNG ADULTS WITH SERIOUS MENTALILLNESS WHO ARE HOMELESS OR INVOLVEDIN THE JUSTICE OR FOSTER CARE SYSTEMS IS UNKNOWN,ALTHOUGH RESEARCH SUGGESTS THEIR RATESOF MENTAL ILLNESS MAY BE HIGH -- YOUNG ADULTS WITH SERIOUS MENTALILLNESS FACE CHALLENGES ACCESSINGAPPROPRIATE SUPPORT -- PUBLIC SERVICES ARE OFTEN NOTTAILORED TO THE NEEDS OF YOUNG ADULTSWITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS -- DIFFERENCES IN ELIGIBILITY CRITERIABETWEEN CHILD AND ADULT SYSTEMSPOSE CHALLENGES -- NAVIGATING MULTIPLE PROGRAMS AND SYSTEMSCAN ALSO PRESENT CHALLENGES -- SELECTED STATES PROVIDEMULTIDIMENSIONAL SERVICES TO YOUNGADULTS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESSUSING VARIOUS STRATEGIES -- STATES WE VISITED HAVE PROGRAMS PROVIDINGMULTIDIMENSIONAL SERVICES TO YOUNG ADULTS -- STATES WE VISITED USE A NUMBEROF STRATEGIES TO PROVIDE SERVICES -- Broadening Eligibility Criteria for Mental Health Services -- Employing Evidenced-Based Practices -- Coordinating Services Across State Agencies -- Leveraging Federal and State Funding Resources.

Involving Young Adults and Their Families -- FEDERAL AGENCIES HAVE SUPPORTEDDEMONSTRATIONS, PROVIDED TECHNICALASSISTANCE AND RESEARCH, AND FORMEDINTERAGENCY WORKING GROUPS -- ONE FORMER FEDERAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECTDEVELOPED TRANSITION PROGRAMS THAT CONTINUEIN FIVE STATES AND STATES CAN USE OTHER FEDERALPROGRAMS TO PROVIDE OR COORDINATE SERVICES -- FEDERAL AGENCIES PROVIDE TECHNICALASSISTANCE AND FUND RESEARCH -- FEDERAL INTERAGENCY GROUPS ARE BEGINNINGTO COORDINATE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICESAND SERVICES FOR YOUTH IN TRANSITIONAND YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES -- CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS -- RESPONSE TO AGENCY COMMENTS -- APPENDIX I: SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY -- DATA ANALYSES -- The National Comorbidity Survey Replication -- Ticket Research File -- National Beneficiary Survey -- Data Reliability -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- INTERVIEWS WITH RESEARCHERSAND MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS -- SITE VISITS -- APPENDIX II: FEDERAL PROGRAMSIDENTIFIED BY BAZELON AS HELPINGYOUNG ADULTS WITH A SERIOUSMENTAL ILLNESS (SMI) -- APPENDIX III: EVIDENCE-BASEDPRACTICES PROMOTED BY SAMHSA -- APPENDIX IV: DEMOGRAPHICCHARACTERISTICS OF YOUNG ADULTSAGED 18-26, BY SEVERITY OF MENTALILLNESS, 200 1-2003 -- APPENDIX V: DEMOGRAPHICCHARACTERISTICS OF YOUNG ADULTS18-26WHO RECEIVED SSADISABILITYBENEFITS BECAUSE OF A SMI -- APPENDIX VI: SELECTED PROGRAMS STATESCAN USE TO TARGET OR PROVIDECOMPREHENSIVE SERVICES FOR YOUNGADULTS WITH SMI -- APPENDIX VII: OVERVIEWOF PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG ADULTSWITH SMI IN FOUR STATES -- APPENDIX VIII: COMMENTS FROMTHE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ANDHUMAN SERVICES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- RELATED GAO PRODUCTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

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