Life history reports of young adults previously referred for mental healthservices

In this article, we report factors associated with good venus poor outcomes for 173 young adults who were referred for mental health services as child ren or adolescents. Life history reports were compared for participants sho wing relatively good (n = I I I) versus poor (n = 62) outcomes, as determin ed by deviance on greater than or equal to 2 of 3 measures of psychopatholo gy. Participants with good outcomes differed from those with poor outcomes in the quality and stability of their living situations. full-time versus p art-time employment, quality of peer relationships, goal orientation, types of successful experiences, number and types of stressful experiences, and use of mental health and other services.