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Adolescents and young adults who are not in employment, education, or training

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Their problems are more than economic as mentioned in this paper The term NEET (not in employment, education, or training) refers to economically inactive adolescents and young adults, referred to as economically inactive adults.
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Their problems are more than economic The term NEET (not in employment, education, or training) refers to economically inactive adolescents and young adults.1 2 During economic crises, youth unemployment rises faster and recovers more slowly than general unemployment.1 In 2012, there were 7.5 million 15-24 year old (13% of the age group) and 6.5 million 25-29 year old (20%) economically inactive young people in the European Union. Together, they cost €153bn (£131bn; $204bn) in welfare benefits and lost productivity—1.2% of EU gross domestic product.2 International publications confirm global rates of 10-20% youth unemployment and highlight that the optimal solution is to increase retention in education and training.1 2 3 4 5 Prolonged economic inactivity has profound effects on mental health: the risks of depression (odds ratio 2.7), alcohol or substance misuse (3.4), and suicidal attempts (3.6) are significantly increased in economically inactive young people versus their economically active peers.3 However, action plans fail to recognise subgroups within the economically inactive population who are functionally impaired because of evolving or pre-existing mental disorders. During economic downturns, these people are especially disadvantaged and risk lifelong social exclusion and economic marginalisation unless their ill health is recognised early and their needs targeted more directly.4 5 Preventing or limiting economic inactivity alone could reduce rates of common mental disorders by 8-17%,6 but it would not completely solve the problem of the threefold greater risk of severe mental disorders in this group.3 The explanation for this is complex, but it is noteworthy that the peak age of onset of …

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TL;DR: The health of young people has been largely neglected in global public health because this age group is perceived as healthy, however, opportunities for prevention of disease and injury in this agegroup are not fully exploited.
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The effectiveness of supported employment for people with severe mental illness: a randomised controlled trial

TL;DR: The demonstration of the effectiveness of IPS in widely differing labour market and welfare contexts confirms this service to be an effective approach for vocational rehabilitation in mental health that deserves investment and further investigation.
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Designing youth mental health services for the 21st century: examples from Australia, Ireland and the UK.

TL;DR: Three recent and rapidly evolving service structures from Australia, Ireland and the UK are presented that have each worked within their respective healthcare contexts to reorient existing services to provide youth-specific, evidence-based mental healthcare that is both accessible and acceptable to young people.
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A randomized clinical trial of supported employment for inner-city patients with severe mental disorders.

TL;DR: The IPS model of supported employment is more effective than standard, stepwise EVR approaches for achieving competitive employment, even for inner-city patients with poor work histories and multiple problems.
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Vocational intervention in first-episode psychosis: individual placement and support v. treatment as usual

TL;DR: Individual placement and support has good potential to address the problem of vocational outcome in people with first-episode psychosis, which has economic, social and health implications.
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