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There's More to Young Adult Unemployment Than Mental Health: What Else to Look For

Tip Sheet - English and Spanish versions

Date Posted: Monday, August 21, 2017

By: Michael Bryer, Rosalie A. Torres Stone, Zlatina Kostova, Deirdre G. Logan

Abstract

High unemployment among young adults with serious mental health conditions (SMHCs) should not only be attributed to their mental health conditions. Research should take an intersectional approach where, in addition to looking at mental health condition factors, other indicators of social and demographic inequalities are also taken into account.

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Subject Area

Employment, Transition Age Youth

Keywords

intersectional research, transition age youth, unemployment, mental health, education, Spanish

Suggested Citation

Bryer M, Torres Stone RA, Kostova Z, Logan DG. There's More to Young Adult Unemployment Than Mental Health: What Else to Look For [English and Spanish versions]. Psychiatry Information in Brief 2017;14(7):1114. https://doi.org/10.7191/pib.1114. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/pib/vol14/iss7/1