Transition Age Youth Research Publications

2025

• Creating a Collaborative Culture of Learning within a Network of Community Mental Health Early Psychosis Programs in Texas. Schizophrenia Research, online ahead of print. Lopez, M. A., Reznik, S., Klodnick, V. V., Cohen, D. A., Myers, N. A., Rousseau, J., Zksan, N., Oliveria, E., & Strakowski, S. M. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2024.12.009
• An evaluation pilot study of Amplify, a headspace-inspired early intervention clinic. Psychiatric Services, online ahead of print.  Cohen, D. A., Klodnick, V. V., Merola, L., Hawthorne, S., Morris, C., Emerson, K., Johnson, R. P., & Strakowski, S. S. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20240274
• Increasing the Value of Health Intervention Trials: Qualitative Research in the Early Psychosis Intervention Network (EPINET). Community Mental Health Journal. Reznik, S. J., Lucksted, A., Myers, N., Jones, N., Savill, M., Pagdon, S., Ereshefsky, S., George, P., Goldman, H., Hayes, S., Klodnick, V. V., Nye, K., & Willians-Wengard, A. (2025). https://link.springer.com/journal/10597
• Transition Illness Careers: Longitudinal Patterns of Mental Health Symptoms and Service Use among Young Adults Experiencing a Psychiatric Crisis. Social Science & Medicine. Narendorf, S. C., Khan, U., Munson, M. R., Klodnick, V. V., & Harrell, J. (2025).

2024

• An Evaluation of Career Opportunity Readiness Experience (CORE): An Enhancement to Supported Employment for Transition Age Youth with Serious Mental Health Diagnoses. Community Mental Health Journal. Johnson, R.P., LaPelusa, B., Mayhue, A., et al. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-024-01431-y
• Funding & connecting disjointed mental health services to ensure the RIGHT services, the FIRST time. In S.S. Harris & S.M. Strakowski (Ed), Redesigning the US Mental Health care System. Oxford University Press, USA. Cohen, D. A., & Klodnick, V. V. (2024).
• Peer Support provider responses to substance use in clients with first-episode psychosis in Coordinated Specialty Care. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, online first. Klodnick, V. V., LaPelusa, B., Cohen, D. A., Johnson, R. P., Mayhue, A., Myers, N., Lucksted, A., & Lopez, M. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1037/prj0000612
• Relational complexity of the near-age Peer Support provider role in youth & young adult community mental health settings. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, online first. Klodnick, V. V., Sapiro, B., Gold, A., Pearlstein, M., Crowe, A., Schneider, A., Johnson, R., LaPelusa, B., & Holland, H. (2024). https://doi.org/10/10.1007/s11414-024-09877-4

2023

• A Theory of Change for one-on-one Peer Support for older adolescents and young adults. Children and Youth Services Review, online first. Walker, J. S., Klodnick, V. V., LaPelusa, B., Blajeski, S. M., Freedman, A. R., & Marble, S. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107386
• An Analysis of Six-Month Follow-Up Data from a Peer Parent Support Study. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 50(2), 225-236. Jamison, J. M., Baker, N., Lopez, M. A., & Bearman, S. K. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-022-01234-x
• Attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccination among behavioral health service clients. Psychiatric Services, 74(12), 1281-1284. Grove, L.  Emerson^, K., Stevens, L., Andries^, S., & Cohen, D.A. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230019
• Do Mobile Mental Health Applications Increase Access to University Mental Health Supports? Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Technology in Human Services, 41(4), 259-270. Cohen, D. A., Boyer, B. P., Stevens, L., McCormick, K., Morpeth, E., Caporale-Berkowitz, N. A., … & Strakowski, S. M. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1080/15228835.2023.2258513
• Evaluating and sustaining Coordinated Specialty Care for a recent onset of psychosis in a non-academic-affiliated community mental healthcare setting. Evaluation & Program Planning, Epub. Klodnick, V. V., Brenits, A., Johnson, R., Pauuw, M. A., Cohen, D., Malina, C., & Fagan, M. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2023.102268
• Expanding early psychosis care across a large and diverse state: Implementation lessons learned from state administrative data and providers in Texas. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 50, 861-875. Cohen, D. A., Klodnick, V. V., Reznick, S., & Lopez, M. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-023-01285-8
• How young adults with serious mental health diagnoses navigate poverty post-emancipation: The complex roles of community mental health services & informal social support. Community Mental Health Journal. Klodnick, V. V., Sapiro, B., Johnson, R. P., Cohen, D., & Fagan, M. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-023-01188-w
• Perspectives of young adults diagnosed with early psychosis using coordinated specialty care in Texas on substance use and substance use interventions. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 1–11. Myers, N. L., Wilkey, J., Chacon, M., Hutnyan, M., Janssen, C., Tarvin, H., Cohen, D., Holmes, I., Klodnick, V. V., Mihiret, M. A., Reznik, S. J., Shimizu, T. K., Stein, E., & Lopez, M. A. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1111/eip.13488
• Understanding access to vocational rehabilitation services among transition aged youth in foster care. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 17(3), 497-516. Haywood, C., Havlicek, J., Klodnick, V. V., & Bilaver, L. A. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2022.2064032

2022

• Integrating Positive Youth Development into Coordinated Specialty Care for a recent onset of psychosis. Journal of Social Work in Mental Health. Klodnick, V. V., Johnson, R. P., Cohen, D. A., Fagan, M., Fetzer, P., & Clark, H. (2022). https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2022.2118007
• Mental health service experiences among transition-age youth: Interpersonal continuums that influence engagement in care. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal. McCormick, K. A., Chatham, A., Klodnick, V. V., Schoenfeld, E. A., & Cohen, D. A. (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-022-00890-0
• Texas Coordinated Specialty Care programs during the COVID-19 pandemic: Barriers and innovations. Psychiatric Services. McCormick, K. A., Sevillano, L., Klodnick, V. V., Lopez, M. A., & Cohen, D. A. (2022). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.2021004292017
• “There wasn’t any build up to it, it was just like, now you have to go over.” Disengagement during the child to adult community mental health service transition. Journal of Adolescent Health. Cohen, D., Londono, T., Klodnick, V. V., Emmerson, K., & Stevens, L. https://doi.org/10.1177/07435584221102914
• Understanding access to vocational rehabilitation services among transition aged youth in foster care. Journal of Public Child Welfare. Haywood, C., Havlicek, J., Klodnick, V. V., & Bilaver, L. A. (2022). https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2022.2064032

2021

• Creative technology-based strategies for engaging young people with serious mental health conditions in longitudinal mental health services research. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal. Londono, T., Klodnick, V. V., Emmerson, K., Newman, N.*, & Cohen, D. A. (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-021-00778-5
• Developing a community-based multidisciplinary service exit typology for young adults with serious mental health conditions. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal. Klodnick, V. V., Johnson, R. P., Brenits, A., Cohen, D. A., Fagan, M. A., Paauw, M. A., & Schneider, A. (2021). https://doi.org/10.1037/prj0000486
• From receiver to provider: Social role shifts among youth aging out of care with serious mental health needs. Child & Youth Services Review, 127. Klodnick, V. V., Johnson, R., C., Morris, C., Sapiro, B., Cohen, D., & Schneider, A. (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106120
• How early stigmatizing experiences, peer connections, and peer spaces influenced pathways to employment or education after a first- episode of psychosis. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, online ahead of print. Blajeski, S., Klodnick, V. V., Caruso, N., & Sale, T. (2021). https://doi.org/10.1037/prj0000502
• Meeting the developmental needs of emerging adults diagnosed with serious mental health challenges: The Emerge Model. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 48(1), 77-92. Klodnick, V. V., Malina, C., Fagan, M. A., Johnson, R. P., Brenits, A., Zeidner, E., & Viruet, J. (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-020-09699-0 

2020

• Building home on a fault line: Aging out of child welfare with serious mental health challenges. Journal of Child & Family Social Work, 25(3), 704-713. Klodnick, V. V., & Samuels, G. M. (2020). https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12747 
• Predicting child to adult community mental health service continuation. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 47, 331–345. Cohen, D., Klodnick, V. V., & Kramer, M., Strakowski, S. M., & Baker, J. (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-020-09690-9 

2019

• Developing quality assurance practices and measures for implementing and sustaining the transition to Independence Process TIP Model. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 42(1), 71-78. Klodnick, V. V., Clark, R., Johnson, R., & Fagan, M. (2019). https://doi.org/10.1037/prj0000324 
• Mentoring matters: An innovative approach to infusing mentorship in a Social Work doctoral program. Journal of Social Work Education. Elsaesser, C., Katz, C. C., Klodnick, V. V., & Khare, A.  https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2018.1526729 
• Thresholds MindStrong & Emerge Models: Multidisciplinary, feasible, effective & sustainable. Focal Point, the Pathways RTC Journal. Klodnick, V. V., Fagan, M. A., Brenits, A., Gomez, S., Malina, C., Zeidner, E., & Viruet, J. (2019).

2015-2018

• Adapting supported employment for emerging adults with serious mental health conditions. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 42(2), 206-222. Ellison, M. L., Klodnick, V. V., Bond, G. R., Krzos, I. M., Kaiser, S.  M., Fagan, M.A., & Davis, M. (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-014-9445-4 
• Brief web-based interventions for young adult smokers with severe mental illnesses: A randomized, controlled pilot study. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 20(10), 1206-1214. Brunette, M. F., Ferron, J. C., Robinson, D., Coletti, D., Geiger, P., Devitt, T., Klodnick, V., Gottlieb, J., Xie, H., Greene, M. A., Ziedonis, D., Drake, R. E., & McHugo, G.J. (2018). https://doi.org/0.1093/ntr/ntx190 
• Factors supporting the employment of young adult peer Providers: Perspectives of Workers and Supervisors. Community Mental Health Journal, 53(7), 811-822. Delman, J., & Klodnick, V. V. (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-016-0059-6 

2009-2014

• Applying social and cultural capital frameworks: Understanding employment perspectives of transition age youth with serious mental health conditions. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 39(3), 257-270. Vorhies, V., Davis, K. E., Frounfelker, R. L., & Kaiser, S. M. (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-012-9274-2
• Building a developmentally tailored mental health program for transition age youth success. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association – PsyR Connection, Issue 1. Klodnick, V. V., Murphy, C., & Fagan, M. (2013).
• Community violence exposure and post-traumatic stress symptoms among Jewish and Arab adolescents in Israel. Journal of Community Psychology, 14(1), 47-60. Klodnick, V. V., Guterman, N. B., Haj-Yahia, M., & Leshem, B. (2014).  https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.21593 
• Help-seeking and internal obstacles to receiving support in the wake of community violence exposure: The Case of Arab and Jewish adolescents in Israel. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 19(6), 687-696. Guterman, N. B., Haj-Yahia, M., Vorhies, V., Ismayilova, L., Leshem, B. (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-010-9355-x 
• Improving outcomes for pregnant & parenting foster care youth with severe mental illness: An evaluation of a transitional living program. Vorhies, V., Glover, C.M., Davis, K., Hardin, T., Krzyzanowski, A., Harris, M., Fagan, M., & Wilkniss, S. (2009). Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, 33(2), 115-124. https://doi.org/10.2975/33.2.2009.115.124 
• Launching into adulthood from institutional care: The experiences of emerging adults with serious mental health conditions. Community Mental Health Journal, 50(2), 209-215. Klodnick, V. V., Davis, K., Fagan, M., & Elias, A. (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-013-9643-1 
• Perspectives of early emerging adults with serious mental health conditions on vocational peer mentors. Journal of Emotional & Behavioral Disorders, 1-12. Klodnick, V. V., Sabella, K., Krzos, I. M., Brenner, C., Kaiser, S. M., Ellison, M. L, Davis, M. & Fagan, M. A. (2014). https://doi.org/10.1177/1063426614565052 
• Posttraumatic stress disorder and trauma in transition age youth with serious mental health conditions in residential care. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 26(3), 409-412. Frounfelker, R., Vorhies, V., Mueser, K. T., & Todd, S. (2013). https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.21812