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Making sense of youth employment, education and mental health 

Our meta-analysis, the first on this topic, and our study using Canadian population-level data provided much-needed evidence for the existence and amplitude of significant associations between mental illness and substance use problems and being NEET (not in education, employment, or training). The meta-analysis also found that while mental health and substance use problems predicted being NEET later, evidence for the inverse relationship was sparse.
 

We are conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis on the effectiveness of employment and education interventions for young people with mental health problems. This is the first meta-analysis on this topic as previous ones have either focused on specific populations (e.g., psychosis) or specific interventions (e.g., individual placement and support). Our meta-analysis focuses on a broad range of interventions and youth presenting with a range of mental health problems in terms of type and severity. We are synthesizing what outcomes have thus far been focused in evaluations, to highlight gaps (e.g., few studies have assessed youth satisfaction with their employment).

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McGill University and the Douglas Research Centre are on land which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst Indigenous peoples, including the traditional territory of the Kanien'kehá:ka, one of the founding nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. We respect the continued connections with the past, present and future in our ongoing relationships with Indigenous and other peoples within Tiohtià:ke/Montréal and across the country.

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Montréal, Québec
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