A report released Monday details how people in their 20s are more likely to become unemployed due to mental health issues, and some are “economically inactive.”
In Britain, one in 20 young people (aged 18-24) were ‘economically inactive’ due to poor health in 2023, and one in three reported symptoms of a common mental health disorder (MCD) , according to a report. published by the Resolution Foundation. These normalized trends in mental illness have driven one in five young people with mental health problems into unemployment between 2018 and 2022, leading to a significant loss of intellectual capital in the British Isles.
Universities were found to be “hotbeds of mental health problems,” the report said, adding that the rate of CMD among students increased by 37% during the study.
Our latest report reveals that between 2021 and 2022, more than one in three young people aged 18 to 24 reported symptoms of a common mental disorder.
It’s not just a health crisis: their jobs and career prospects are also at risk.
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Just twenty years ago, 18-24 year olds had the lowest rates of CMD in Britain, the report found. The increase in unrest is not caused by a single culprit, but the fact that this age group (Generation Z) is the first generation to grow up with normalized access to the Internet and the horrors that exist on cable television probably doesn’t help. (RELATED: SNL ‘Is My Brain Okay’ Skit Reveals the Real Impact of COVID Lockdowns…And It’s Scarily Accurate)
Unlike our parents, who may have had some scares during the Cold War, Generation Z and Millennials grew up with: 11/097/7 bombingsthe 2008 world financial crisisnormalized use of social media, socio-political division as a personal identifier in a post-2016 electoral world, fentanylBig Pharma apparently pushes us to be mental so they can sell us drugs, the pandemic and a whole bunch of other super fun mega-moments in the story (no).
The report’s authors urged all higher academic institutions to create better support systems for young people. Part of this problem is preventing students from turning to their social media friends to validate their problems before continuing to create a “lost generation” due to poor mental health. according to at the BBC.