Journal article
Factors associated with vocational disengagement among young people entering mental health treatment
E Caruana, K Allott, J Farhall, EM Parrish, CG Davey, AM Chanen, E Killackey, SM Cotton
Early Intervention in Psychiatry | WILEY | Published : 2019
DOI: 10.1111/eip.12718
Abstract
Aim: Most mental disorders have their onset by age 25, disrupting normative vocational engagement. Factors associated with vocational disengagement at first contact with specialist treatment are important for service planning. The aim of this paper was to investigate the association between theoretically important factors and vocational disengagement for youth entering mental health treatment. Methods: A file audit was used to extract vocational data of 145 young people aged 15 to 25 years entering treatment in 2011 at a public youth mental health service in Melbourne, Australia. Comparisons were made across three specialist programs for: psychosis (n = 50), mood disorders (n = 52) and borde..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
La Trobe University, Grant/Award Number: Australian Postgraduate AwardDoctor of Clinical Psychology budget; National Health and Medical Research Council; Northeastern University; University of Melbourne; Australian Rotary Health, Australian Research Council; Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at The University of Melbourne; Ronald Philip Griffiths Fellowship from the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne; Presidential Global Scholarship from Northeastern University; NHMRC; Career Development Fellowship from the National Health and Medical Research Council; Australian Postgraduate Award from La Trobe University