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Mental health careBarriers to careYouth and young adults (YYA) with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) have high rates of co-occurring mental health (MH) conditions. The time during transition from pediatric to adult health and mental health care can be a very challenging, with ...
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Drawing on minority stress theory, this study examined the mental health effects of the added burden of disadvantaged social status in an Israeli sample of 461 self-identified lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youths. Bisexuality was associated with lower levels of well-being, and, at a younge...
Aggressive policing and the mental health of young urban men. Am J Public Health. 2014;104(12):2321-2327. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2014.302046PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 8. Kirk DS, Sampson RJ. Juvenile arrest and collateral educational damage in the transition to adulthood. Sociol Educ. 2013;88...
Counting the cost: the impact of young men's mental health on the Australian economy Mental illness in young men costs the Australian economy A$387,000 per hour and over nine million working days lost per annum 鈥 figures which this report argues cannot be ignored by the business sector. Th...
The review highlights several research gaps, including the need for more qualitative data, disaggregation of demographic data, intervention research, and comprehensive studies on the physical and mental health impacts of cannabis use among youth and young adults. Conclusion Maintaining a public health ...
Cannabis use among youth and young adults remains a serious public health concern, associated with various adverse mental health outcomes. These include poor wellbeing and psychosocial functioning [7,8], psychosis [9,10,11,12,13,14,15], anxiety [8,16], and depression [7,8,17,18]. Cannabi...
The risk of mental health problems like depression is higher among the unemployed than among the employed. However, there was no study conducted on the prevalence and associated factors of depression among unemployed young adults in Ethiopia. Hence, this study was aimed to assess the prevalence ...
understanding of risk factors influencing the mental health of adolescents (12-18 years).1 We would like to extend this focus to emerging adults (18-25 years) because the extended period of transition to adulthood is so critical for the development of potentially chronic adult mental disorders. ...