INTRODUCTION: This paper reports a mental health assessment of 60 homeless youth. Our study explored the mental health needs of youth accessing an overnight youth shelter (maximum stay 8 weeks). METHODS: Participants completed an interview (45 to 120 minutes in duration) using one demographic form and one of two standardized questionnaires (Youth Self Report, Adult Self Report). Questions assessed youth mental health symptoms, examined various contacts that youth made with mainstream society (services, family), and identified potential motivating factors (hope, service satisfaction) that may play a role in fostering street survival during adolescence. RESULTS: Forty-eight percent of the youth were clinically symptomatic and most youth accessed a range of general health services. CONCLUSION: However, those most in need had significantly less service satisfaction, less hope about the future, and had not accessed mental health services.
INTRODUCTION: This paper reports a mental health assessment of 60 homeless youth. Our study explored the mental health needs of youth accessing an overnight youth shelter (maximum stay 8 weeks). METHODS:Participants completed an interview (45 to 120 minutes in duration) using one demographic form and one of two standardized questionnaires (Youth Self Report, Adult Self Report). Questions assessed youth mental health symptoms, examined various contacts that youth made with mainstream society (services, family), and identified potential motivating factors (hope, service satisfaction) that may play a role in fostering street survival during adolescence. RESULTS: Forty-eight percent of the youth were clinically symptomatic and most youth accessed a range of general health services. CONCLUSION: However, those most in need had significantly less service satisfaction, less hope about the future, and had not accessed mental health services.
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homeless youth; hope; mental health; service satisfaction
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