Losing a job can be emotional, but those who are unemployed may face a host of anxiety-producing situations on top of being out of work. These include the frustration of not being able to find another job, having to pay the same number of bills with less income, losing identity and struggling to feel valuable, [...]
Poor mental health ‘linked to unemployment’
People who have psychological problems are more likely to be unemployed, a new report has suggested. Read the full article here
Post-Recession, the Search for Quality of Life Begins
Last October the UK economy was expected to have grown once again, and the recession therefore to be called to an end, but it’s taken yet another three months for the economy to actually “recover”, with 0.1% growth in the last quarter. Read the full article here
Young unemployed recession victims also suffer from mental health issues
A report by the Princes Trust yesterday warned that the recession is likely to scar the lives of the almost one million people currently under 25 and out of work who are the main victims of this recession. Read the full article here
Jobless to be offered ‘talking treatment’ to help put Britain back to work
Jobless Britons are to be offered therapy to help them get back into work, under a “talking treatment” programme to be announced by the government over the next few weeks Read the full article here
An unhealthy jobless rate?
The London region’s high unemployment is stoking fears of an increase in mental health and addiction problems already flagged as a priority in a blueprint for the region’s health-care priorities. Read the full article here
NHS Produces Leaflet To Help Business People Through The Recession
AS PART of the National Self Care Week initiative, last week North Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust produced a new leaflet designed to help people and local companies in the current economic crisis. Read the full article here
Health And Unemployment In The UK
Last week’s ONS figures showed the UK remains mired in the longest recession since records began. Read the full article here
Unemployment and young people’s health
A study from Australia looking at the links between unemployment and health. Morrell, Taylor and Kerr, from the University of Sydney’s Department of Public Health, review the evidence of an association between unemployment and psychological and physical ill-health in young people aged 15-24 years. Aggregate data show youth unemployment and youth suicide to be strongly [...]
Study Shows Psychological Impact of Unemployment
An American study shows the impact of unemployment on people’s mental health For the nearly 15 million Americans currently unemployed, this year’s Labor Day holiday may be less a celebration of a brief respite from work and more a cruel reminder that, despite glimmers of hope in the U.S. economy, there remains scant opportunity for [...]
