Youth unemployment: A public health problem set to worsen if older people work longer

Lakasing, Edin

doi:10.3399/bjgp13x669248

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“…In recent years public health commentators have raised concerns about the consequences of high levels of youth unemployment as a result of recession (e.g. Lakasing, 2013;Leyland, 2013). Mental health conditions typically have their first onset in adolescence or young adulthood, and comorbidity is common (Kessler et al, 2005).…”

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The casualties of transition: the health impact of NEET status and some approaches to managing it

Robertson

2018

British Journal of Guidance & Counselling

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The casualties of transition: the health impact of NEET status and some approaches to managing it

Robertson

2018

British Journal of Guidance & Counselling

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“…Various factors contribute to increased anxiety levels among adolescents and young adults, including academic stressors, unemployment, financial and societal stress, course workload, and socioeconomic status [ 10 , 12 , 13 ]. Insufficient sleep hours have also been associated with higher anxiety among adolescent students [ 13 ].…”

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Exploring Sociodemographic Characteristics, Adverse Childhood Experience, and Mental Health History as Predictors of Anxiety and Depression among Adolescents and Young Adults: Findings from the MoreGoodDays Support Program in Alberta, Canada

Agyapong,

Shalaby,

Hay

et al. 2023

Behavioral Sciences

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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has increased psychological disorders among adolescents and young adults. Methods: This study used a cross-sectional design. An online survey questionnaire was used to collect sociodemographic and clinical information from subscribers of MoreGoodDays program, a daily supportive text message program co-designed with adolescents and young adults for their peers in Alberta. Validated instruments, the Generalized Anxiety Disorder GAD-7 scale and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 PHQ-9 were used to collect information on likely GAD and likely major depressive disorder (MDD). Data was analyzed with SPSS version 25 using chi-squared tests and binary logistic regression analysis. Results: 343 subscribers of MoreGoodDays participated in the survey. Overall, 117 (56.0%) respondents had a likely MDD and 97 (46.6%) had a likely GAD. Participants who would like to receive mental health counselling were 27 times more likely to experience GAD (OR = 27; 95% CI: 3.09–250.00) and 40 times more likely to experience MDD (OR = 40.03; 95% CI: 4.43–361.51) than those who did not. Respondents who had received mental health counselling in the past were 18.5 times more likely to experience MDD compared with those who had not (OR = 18.52; 95% CI: 1.55–200.00). Demographic variables, including age, education, employment, and relationship status, and clinical variables, such as history of anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, ADHD, and adverse childhood experience, did not independently the predict presence of likely GAD or MDD in subscribers of MoreGoodDays. Conclusion: The prevalence of anxiety and depression was relatively high among subscribers of MoreGoodDays, indicating the long-term effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. This finding has significant implications in the broader contextof mental health research and emphasizes the need for more research into innovative mental health support for this cohort. The desire to receive counselling was predictive of both anxiety and depression and is a positive sign of the openness of this cohort to receive psychological intervention. Since this group is mostly adapted to mobile text technology, government agencies and policymakers should prioritize and implement readily accessible interventions such as supportive text messages to support their psychological well-being.

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“…Youth unemployment continues to rise, 4 challenging the wisdom of making older people work longer. 5 The loss of the middle class. Analysis of social inequality has historically compared the ill-fated post-industrial working class with a thriving middle class.…”

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Youth unemployment: A public health problem set to worsen if older people work longer

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The casualties of transition: the health impact of NEET status and some approaches to managing it

The casualties of transition: the health impact of NEET status and some approaches to managing it

Exploring Sociodemographic Characteristics, Adverse Childhood Experience, and Mental Health History as Predictors of Anxiety and Depression among Adolescents and Young Adults: Findings from the MoreGoodDays Support Program in Alberta, Canada

The concept of the ‘undeserving poor’: pejorative stereotypes and worsening inequalities undermine welfare reform

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