Promoting positive developmental outcomes in sexual minority youth through best practices in clinic-school consultation.

Topic: Educational and healthcare service delivery systems play an important role within the lives of sexual minority youth.

Purpose: To provide justification and recommendations for improving the coordination and collaboration of school-based mental health professionals and child and adolescent psychiatric nurses via presentation of a set of consultation best practices.

Sources: Multidisciplinary literature specific to sexual minority youth, school climate, clinical experience, and consultation practices.