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MENTAL HEALTH FALLOUT: Stress of job loss can trigger wide range of reactions, from anxiety to depression

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

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, and dealing with the stigma of being unemployed — all of which can lead to serious mental issues.

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Poor mental health ‘linked to unemployment’

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

People who have psychological problems are more likely to be unemployed, a new report has suggested.

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Post-Recession, the Search for Quality of Life Begins

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

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.

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Young unemployed recession victims also suffer from mental health issues

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

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.

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Jobless to be offered ‘talking treatment’ to help put Britain back to work

Monday, December 7th, 2009

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

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An unhealthy jobless rate?

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

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.

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NHS Produces Leaflet To Help Business People Through The Recession

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

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.

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Health And Unemployment In The UK

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Last week’s ONS figures showed the UK remains mired in the longest recession since records began.

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Unemployment and young people’s health

Friday, September 4th, 2009

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 associated. Youth unemployment is also associated with psychological symptoms, such as depression and loss of confidence. Effects on physical health have been less extensively studied; however, there is some evidence for an association with raised blood pressure. Finally, the prevalence of lifestyle risk factors (cannabis use and, less consistently, tobacco and alcohol consumption) is higher in unemployed compared with employed young people. (MJA 1998; 168: 236-240)

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Study Shows Psychological Impact of Unemployment

Friday, September 4th, 2009

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 many to rejoin the workforce. Very few people don’t know someone—a friend, relative, or former colleague—who has lost a job amid the recession: The economy has shed some 6.7 million jobs since December 2007, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), and some experts fret the U.S. could be in store for a “jobless recovery” in 2010.

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