Lifetime Mental Health Problems in Adult Lower Secondary Education: A Student Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objective

Adult Lower Secondary Education is an education program for basic qualifications for the labor market. Our study aimed to compare lifetime mental health problems between current Adult Lower Secondary Education students and higher Vocational Education students, as the former constitutes a highly distinct and understudied group.

Methods

Findings were based on a cross-sectional self-report survey. Lifetime relative odds of occurrence of mental disorders [i.e., psychiatric disorders typically diagnosed in adults, learning difficulties or deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)] were compared between Adult Lower Secondary Education students (n = 134) and Vocational Education students (n = 149).

Results

While the frequency of mental health p

SUBMITTER: Aznarez-Sanado M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7362954 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature