title: Youth who neither study nor work: mental health, education and employment.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Limited educational and job opportunities for youth has led to a phenomenon termed NEET (not in education, employment or training). The objective is to estimate the prevalence of psychiatric disorders, substance use and suicidal behavior in youth classified as NEET and to compare with those who study only, work only or do both.
  
  
  METHODS
  3 005 12-to-17 year-olds in Mexico City were evaluated in 2005 with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview. Descriptive and logistic regression analyses considered the multistage weighted sample design.
  
  
  RESULTS
  NEET youth as well as those who work only or study and work simultaneously have greater odds of psychiatric disorder, substance use and suicidal behavior compared to those who study exclusively even after controlling for social disadvantage.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Vulnerability is not circumscribed to NEET adolescents, but to all teens who are not exclusive students. Supporting youth to continue studying exclusively may buffer negative mental health outcomes.
authors: Dirección de Investigaciones Epidemiológicas y Psicosociales, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente, 14370, México DF, México. cbenjet@imp.edu.mx
authors: Corina
authors: C
authors: Benjet
authors: Dewi
authors: D
authors: Hernández-Montoya
authors: Guilherme
authors: G
authors: Borges
authors: Enrique
authors: E
authors: Méndez
authors: María Elena
authors: ME
authors: Medina-Mora
authors: Sergio
authors: S
authors: Aguilar-Gaxiola
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D002648:Child; D004522:Educational Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012307:Risk Factors; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013332:Student Dropouts / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014478:Unemployment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data