“We are dragged along like dogs and take damage …” – Adolescents’ experiences affecting their mental health during vocational training in a health or social care profession – an interpretative phenomenological analysis

Today's vocational education and training students are tomorrow's skilled workers. Investing in their mental health can help reduce staff shortages in the long term and prevent mental health impairments in this vulnerable group. To this end, training institutions, companies and politicians should create appropriate framework conditions.