Mental health warning for jobless young
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The Prince’s Trust Macquarie Youth Index has found that more than three quarters of a million young people believe they have nothing to live for, with jobless youngsters facing ‘devastating’ symptoms of mental illness.
The research reveals that long-term unemployed young people are more than twice as likely as their peers to have been prescribed antidepressants. One in three have contemplated suicide, while one in four have self-harmed.
The findings are based on interviews with 2,161 16-to-25-year-olds and show that 40 per cent of jobless young people have faced these symptoms of mental illness – including suicidal thoughts, feelings of self-loathing and panic attacks – as a direct result of unemployment.
Long-term unemployed young people are also more than twice as likely as their peers to believe they have nothing to live for.
The Prince’s Trust is now calling for urgent support from government, health agencies and employers to fund its vital work with long-term unemployed you...
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