Department of Health Sciences, Mid Sweden University, Östersund, Sweden.
Eur J Public Health. 2011 Dec;21(6):812-4. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckq190. Epub 2010 Dec 22.
Increasing rates of mental health problems in youth and an extended period of school-to-work transition is a major concern in Sweden and many other European countries. In this study, being out of the workforce and not in education was associated with severe mental disorders. The risk of being admitted in hospital due to depression was more than doubled in economically inactive young adults. Similarly, the risk of being admitted to hospital due to self-harm and alcohol-related disorder was tripled. Drug abuse was seven times more prevalent among inactive young adults. Processes leading to economic inactivity and to deteriorating mental health are inextricably intertwined. Even if it is not possible to clarify if the association is caused by selection or if it is being outside of labour force that causes mental disorders, it is still urgent to prevent young persons from ending up in long-term economic inactivity.
在瑞典和许多其他欧洲国家，年轻人的心理健康问题日益严重，以及学校到工作的过渡期延长，这是一个主要的关注点。在这项研究中，失业且未接受教育与严重的精神障碍有关。由于抑郁而住院的风险在经济上不活跃的年轻成年人中增加了一倍以上。同样，由于自残和与酒精相关的障碍而住院的风险增加了两倍。药物滥用在不活跃的年轻成年人中更为普遍，发生率是其七倍。导致经济不活跃和精神健康恶化的过程是交织在一起的。即使无法确定这种关联是由选择引起的，还是失业导致了精神障碍，但是仍然迫切需要防止年轻人长期失业。
