Engaging Youth in a Shelter-based Mental Health Services

An article published in February 2020 in BMC Health Services Research describes a project at Night Ministry to provide on-site mental health services to sheltered young adults. The study examined engagement patterns and presenting issues for 77 young people, whose average age was 19, who accessed services between October 2016 and June 2018. Findings suggest that engaging homeless youth in ongoing treatment is challenging – the average number of sessions was three, with a sharp decline in engagement after youth’s first session – and that issues youth consider pressing vary from those presented by case managers.

Read the full study here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-020-4953-9