The Mental Health of Young Canadians Who Are Not Working or in School.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Recent studies suggest that youth who have a mental health problem are more likely to be NEET-not in education, employment, or training-but findings remain mixed, and evidence from Canada is limited. We examined this association across a range of mental and substance disorders in a representative sample of Canadian youth.

Method

Data were from the 2012 Canadian Community Health Survey-Mental Health ( n = 5622; ages 15-29). The survey identified past-year mental (depression, bipolar, generalized anxiety) and substance (alcohol, cannabis, other drugs) disorders from a structured interview and included questions on suicidal ideation. We classified as NEET respondents who were not in school or employed in the past week. Logistic regression models tested the association

SUBMITTER: Gariepy G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6591889 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature