Ida Ringbom1, Jaana Suvisaari2, Antti Kääriälä2, Andre Sourander3, Mika Gissler4, Tiina Ristikari5, David Gyllenberg6. 1. Department of Child Psychiatry and Invest Flagship, University of Turku, Finland; and Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland; and Department of Adolescent Psychiatry, Helsinki University Hospital, Finland. 2. Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland. 3. Department of Child Psychiatry and Invest Flagship, University of Turku, Finland; and Department of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Central Hospital, Finland. 4. Department of Child Psychiatry and Invest Flagship, University of Turku, Finland; and Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland; and Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; and Academic Primary Health Care Centre, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden. 5. Department of Child Psychiatry and Invest Flagship, University of Turku, Finland; and Itla Children's Foundation, Finland. 6. Department of Child Psychiatry and Invest Flagship, University of Turku, Finland; and Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland; and Department of Adolescent Psychiatry, Helsinki University Hospital, Finland.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Long-term 'not in education, employment or training' (NEET) status is an important indicator of youth marginalisation. AIMS: To carry out a comprehensive overview of the associations between different psychiatric illnesses and long-term NEET status. METHOD: We used the register-based 1987 Finnish Birth Cohort study, which includes all live births in Finland during that year. The analyses comprised 55 273 individuals after exclusions for intellectual disability, death or emigration. We predicted that psychiatric disorders, diagnosed by specialist services between 1998 and 2007 when the cohort were 10-20 years of age, would be associated with subsequent long-term NEET (defined as NEET for at least 5 years between 2008 and 2015, when they were 20-28 years of age). RESULTS: In total, 1438 individuals (2.6%) were long-term NEET during follow-up and the associations between long-term NEET and the 11 diagnostic categories we studied were statistically significant (P < 0.001). In multivariate models we included sociodemographic characteristics and upper secondary education as covariates, and the highest effect sizes, measured by odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI), were found for psychosis (OR = 12.0, 95% CI 9.5-15.2) and autism spectrum disorder (OR = 17.3, 95% CI 11.5-26.0). If individuals had not successfully completed this education, 70.6% of those with autism spectrum disorder and 48.4% of those with psychosis were later long-term NEET. CONCLUSIONS: Adolescents who receive treatment for psychiatric disorders, particularly autism spectrum disorder or psychosis, need support to access education and employment. This could help to prevent marginalisation in early adulthood.
BACKGROUND: Long-term 'not in education, employment or training' (NEET) status is an important indicator of youth marginalisation. AIMS: To carry out a comprehensive overview of the associations between different psychiatric illnesses and long-term NEET status. METHOD: We used the register-based 1987 Finnish Birth Cohort study, which includes all live births in Finland during that year. The analyses comprised 55 273 individuals after exclusions for intellectual disability, death or emigration. We predicted that psychiatric disorders, diagnosed by specialist services between 1998 and 2007 when the cohort were 10-20 years of age, would be associated with subsequent long-term NEET (defined as NEET for at least 5 years between 2008 and 2015, when they were 20-28 years of age). RESULTS: In total, 1438 individuals (2.6%) were long-term NEET during follow-up and the associations between long-term NEET and the 11 diagnostic categories we studied were statistically significant (P < 0.001). In multivariate models we included sociodemographic characteristics and upper secondary education as covariates, and the highest effect sizes, measured by odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI), were found for psychosis (OR = 12.0, 95% CI 9.5-15.2) and autism spectrum disorder (OR = 17.3, 95% CI 11.5-26.0). If individuals had not successfully completed this education, 70.6% of those with autism spectrum disorder and 48.4% of those with psychosis were later long-term NEET. CONCLUSIONS: Adolescents who receive treatment for psychiatric disorders, particularly autism spectrum disorder or psychosis, need support to access education and employment. This could help to prevent marginalisation in early adulthood.
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Epidemiology; autism spectrum disorder; psychotic disorders; service users; social functioning
Authors: Jonah F Byrne; Colm Healy; David Mongan; Subash Raj Susai; Stan Zammit; Melanie Fӧcking; Mary Cannon; David R Cotter Journal: Transl Psychiatry Date: 2022-09-09 Impact factor: 7.989