Grant: Planning Grants - Priority Announcement: International Research Collaborations

There is currently an absence of a well integrated and coordinated system of care between youth-serving and adult-serving mental health systems. Positive interactions at the transition stage between youth mental health services and adult mental health services is one of the most important ways to facilitate recovery, mental health promotion, and mental illness prevention. We propose a two day international meeting which will take place in Toronto between June 18th and June 20th, 2012 in order to establish a collaborative network of international researchers studying youth mental health transitions, develop a consensus statement describing the ideal transitional care, and create a common evaluation platform to study transitional practices. This will build the foundation for future research initiatives including studies aimed at identifying best practices for youth mental health transitions.