OP21 Social protection as a mechanism for reducing educational inequalities in mental health among the working-age population: cross-national analysis before and after the economic crisis

2015 ◽  
Vol 69 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. A18.1-A18
Author(s):  
CL Niedzwiedz ◽  
R Mitchell ◽  
J Pearce
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Educational Inequalities ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Working Age ◽  
Working Age Population ◽  
National Analysis ◽  
Cross National

scholarly journals The Institutional Foundations of Medicalization: A Cross-national Analysis of Mental Health and Unemployment

2017 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 272-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veerle Buffel ◽  
Jason Beckfield ◽  
Piet Bracke
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
Working Age ◽  
High Level ◽  
National Analysis ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Institutional Foundations ◽  
Economic Capacity ◽  
Country Specific ◽  
Cross National

In this study, we question (1) whether the relationship between unemployment and mental healthcare use, controlling for mental health status, varies across European countries and (2) whether these differences are patterned by a combination of unemployment and healthcare generosity. We hypothesize that medicalization of unemployment is stronger in countries where a low level of unemployment generosity is combined with a high level of healthcare generosity. A subsample of 36,306 working-age respondents from rounds 64.4 (2005–2006) and 73.2 (2010) of the cross-national survey Eurobarometer was used. Country-specific logistic regression and multilevel analyses, controlling for public disability spending, changes in government spending, economic capacity, and unemployment rate, were performed. We find that unemployment is medicalized, at least to some degree, in the majority of the 24 nations surveyed. Moreover, the medicalization of unemployment varies substantially across countries, corresponding to the combination of the level of unemployment and of healthcare generosity.

scholarly journals Influence of Unemployment on Mental Health of the Working Age Population

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivera BaticMujanovic ◽  
Samir Poric ◽  
Nurka Pranjic ◽  
Enisa Ramic ◽  
Esad Alibasic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Working Age ◽  
Working Age Population

Mental health and psychiatric disorders

2019 ◽  
pp. 398-423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard J.L. Heron ◽  
Neil Greenberg
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychiatric Morbidity ◽  
Economic Cost ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Working Age ◽  
Health Disorders ◽  
Working Age Population ◽  
The Uk

Mental health disorders significantly impact well-being and productivity in the working age population. They affect around 17% of the population and their economic cost has been estimated at £70 billion or 4.5% of gross domestic product in the UK. Mental health conditions are a leading cause of sickness absence with 70 million working days lost per year. Over half of disabled people who are out of work have a mental health and/or musculoskeletal disorder as their main health condition. This chapter considers how work and mental health interrelate, how employers can ensure that their workforce mental health needs are managed, opportunities for productivity maximized, and psychiatric morbidity minimized.

scholarly journals Cross-National Analysis of the Associations among Mental Disorders and Suicidal Behavior: Findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

PLoS Medicine ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. e1000123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew K. Nock ◽  
Irving Hwang ◽  
Nancy Sampson ◽  
Ronald C. Kessler ◽  
Matthias Angermeyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Health Surveys ◽  
World Mental Health ◽  
National Analysis ◽  
Cross National
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