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Mental Health Outcomes for Young People Accessing Individual Placement Support Services: A Cohort Study
Nic Telford1, Sabina Albrecht1, Alice Wilkin1
1headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Objective:
Mental health problems and vocational disengagement are often linked for young people in a self-reinforcing cycle. Integrated Individual Placement and Support (IPS) services can help to not only overcome educational/vocational challenges but also improve mental wellbeing.
Methods:
In a matched cohort study, we compared improvement rates in mental health and wellbeing outcomes for young people aged 15 to 25 who had received at least two integrated IPS services with those who had received standard youth mental health services only. Data came from headspace, Australia's National Youth Mental Health Foundation. The sample comprised 2128 participants: 544 received integrated IPS services; 1584 received standard mental health services.
Results:
Four out of five IPS clients (81%) achieved positive outcomes on at least one of three mental health measures, a significantly higher proportion than matched clients who received standard services (75%). Logistic regressions estimated a 22% to 36% higher likelihood of achieving significant improvement for IPS clients. Greater improvements were evident for quality of life and potentially psychosocial functioning, but not psychological distress.
Conclusions:
Integrating an IPS program within a clinical setting not only achieves positive vocational outcomes, but also supports improvements in quality of life, psychosocial functioning and psychological distress that are greater or equal to the outcomes achieved through standard clinical care.
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