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Sexual Health Disparities Among Disenfranchised Youth
This series of research briefs addresses
sexual health disparities among seven subpopulations of youth, including: youth in corrections, youth with developmental disabilities, youth in foster care, homeless youth, LGBTQ youth, and more.
Community Based Approaches for Supporting Positive Development in Youth and Young Adults with Serious Mental Health Conditions
This white paper describes recent theory and research on positive development, including descriptions of empirically supported programs that support young adults with serious mental health conditions.
The 2009 National Youth Summit Report
This final report outlines both how to plan and hold a summit with meaningful youth participation, and also includes the results of such a summit held in June 2009.
Enhancing Career Development Engagement and Self - Determination for Young Adults with Mental Health Diagnoses
This report provides a literature review on self-determination and career development engagement for young adults with mental health diagnoses.
Focal Point: Transitionsto Adulthood
This inaugural issue of Focal Point: Youth, Young Adults, and Mental Health addresses transitions to adulthood from the perspectives of researchers, youth, family, and professionals.
Best Practices forIncreasing Meaningful
Youth Participation in Collaborative Team Planning
This brief offers tips to increase meaningful youth participation in collaborative team planning meetings.
Focal Point: Healthy Relationships
This issue of Focal Point explores healthy relationships and their effects on young adults with mental health conditions.
Youth Voice in Policy: A Guide to Shaping History
This guide, produced by the FFCMH and Pathways RTC, provides youth and young adults with the basic skills they need to advocate for issues they feel are important.
Facts About Young Adults, Mental Health, and Online Information Seeking
This fact sheet series addresses how and why young adults search for mental health information on the internet, and how to assess the reliability of the information available online.
Literature Support for Outcomes in Evaluating Culturally- and Community- Based Programs
This literature review identifies the relationships between community-identified variables relating to well-being for American Indian/Alaska Native youth and more mainstream outcomes.



