scholarly journals A Survey on the Comparison of Mental Health and Life Expectancy in Employed and Unemployed People

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 137-141
Author(s):  
Mohammad khaledian ◽  
Sohrab Hassan Pour ◽  
Hamed Ghadermarzi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Unemployed People

scholarly journals Food for thought: the importance of nutritional well-being during COVID-19

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
L. Burke-Furey ◽  
F. McNicholas
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Balanced Diet ◽  
Current Experience ◽  
Roll Out

Individuals with mental illness have poorer physical health, nutritional status, and lowered life expectancy. Optimising their physical and nutritional status has become an increasingly important therapeutic goal. Current experience with COVID-19 has further emphasised the susceptibility to physical illness and poorer outcomes amongst individuals with mental illness and those who are nutritionally compromised. Although life as we knew it has been suspended until the widespread roll-out of a vaccine, individuals can take immediate action to improve physical and mental health by attending to and optimising their nutritional well-being. Clinicians within mental health services have a crucial role to play in assisting such change, and reminding their patients of the importance of pursuing a healthy and balanced diet.

What Went Wrong with the American Dream?

2020 ◽  
pp. 3-18
Author(s):  
Maxine Eichner
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
American Dream ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Family Ties ◽  
American Children ◽  
Deaths Of Despair

This chapter considers a number of indicators relating to the well-being of American children and adults in order to examine the extent to which the American Dream is fulfilling its promise. For children, it considers levels of happiness, academic achievement, mental health, and economic mobility. For adults, it considers happiness, mental health, and life expectancy (including the rise of “deaths of despair”). All these indicators show that the United States is failing radically with respect to both children’s and adults’ well-being. These results are not surprising, the last section of the chapter shows, when we take into account the health of the nation’s families. Neither adults nor children can thrive without sound family ties. Yet indicators show that American families are in bad shape, and in considerably worse shape than families in other countries.

Mental health literacy and help-seeking among unemployed people with mental health problems

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 270-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamara Waldmann ◽  
Tobias Staiger ◽  
Nathalie Oexle ◽  
Nicolas Rüsch
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Mental Health Literacy ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Unemployed People

Causal attributions and secrecy in unemployed people with mental health problems

2019 ◽  
Vol 272 ◽  
pp. 447-449
Author(s):  
Moritz E. Wigand ◽  
Nathalie Oexle ◽  
Tobias Staiger ◽  
Tamara Waldmann ◽  
Nicolas Rüsch
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Causal Attributions ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Unemployed People

Employment Attitudes and Mental Health of Long-term Unemployed People with Disabilities: Implications for Rehabilitation Counselors

1997 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Regina Pernice
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Unemployed People ◽  
High Distress

Employment attitudes and mental health of long-term unemployed people with disabilities were investigated in a cross sectional study. During an interview, people selected themselves into four employment attitude groups, those who wanted employment (28%), those who were not able to work (35%), those who had alternatives to employment (30%) and those who were interested in training (7%). Mental health was assessed by the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSE). The results indicated that mental health was low with high distress and low self-esteem scores evident in the four groups. Implications for rehabilitation counselors are discussed.

scholarly journals Gender differences in mental health expectancies in early- and midlife in six European countries

2013 ◽  
Vol 202 (4) ◽  
pp. 294-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Traolach S. Brugha ◽  
Ruth Matthews ◽  
Jordi Alonso ◽  
Gemma Vilagut ◽  
Tony Fouweather ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Mental Disorder ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Common Mental Disorder ◽  
Mortality Data ◽  
Male Population ◽  
Female Population

BackgroundHealth expectancies, taking into account both quality and quantity of life, have generally been based on disability and physical functioning.AimsTo compare mental health expectancies at age 25 and 55 based on common mental disorders both across countries and between males and females.MethodMental health expectancies were calculated by combining mortality data from population life tables and the age-specific prevalence of selected common mental disorders obtained from the European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD).ResultsFor the male population aged 25 (all countries combined) life expectancy was 52 years and life expectancy spent with a common mental disorder was 1.8 years (95% CI 0.7-2.9),3.4% of overall life expectancy. In comparison, for the female population life expectancy at age 25 was higher (57.9 years) as was life expectancy spent with a common mental disorder (5.1 years, 95% CI 3.6-6.6) and as a proportion of overall life expectancy, 8.8%. By age 55 life expectancy spent with a common mental disorder had reduced to 0.7 years (males) and 2.3 years (females).ConclusionsAge and gender differences underpin our understanding of years spent with common mental disorders in adulthood. Greater age does not mean living relatively more years with common mental disorder. However, the female population spends more years with common mental disorders and a greater proportion of their longer life expectancy with them (and with each studied separate mental disorder).

scholarly journals Effects of meaning in life and of work on health in unemployment

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 205510292096725
Author(s):  
Steve Thill ◽  
Claude Houssemand ◽  
Anne Pignault
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Meaning Of Work ◽  
Career Transitions ◽  
Unemployed People ◽  
Ways Of Thinking ◽  
General Meaning

In line with the meaning making theory, people experience a discrepancy when their appraised meaning of a situation is in conflict with their general meaning framework. We wanted to replicate this result in the context of unemployment. Heren the meaning of work and meaning in life influenced the perception of unemployment and consequently had an impact on mental health. This study points to new ways of thinking about unemployment and career transitions. Whereas the COVID-19-induced economic crisis will see millions of people losing their jobs, these results could assist counselors in helping unemployed people better understand the experiences they are going through.

Unfairness During Unemployment – How Perceived Injustice Affects Mental Health Among Unemployed People

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Zechmann ◽  
Karsten I. Paul ◽  
Klaus Moser
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Detrimental Effect ◽  
Perceived Injustice ◽  
Life Situation ◽  
Unemployed People ◽  
Employment Agency ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
New Jobs ◽  
Distributive Injustice

This study sheds light on the consequences of injustice perceived by unemployed people in general, as well as in the employment agency setting. It suggests that general distributive injustice helps to explain the detrimental effect of unemployment on mental health. Additionally, it proposes that perceived procedural, interpersonal, and informational injustice in the employment agency setting undermines mental health. We tested our assumptions in a four-wave longitudinal study with a sample of initially unemployed people of whom many found new jobs during the course of the study. Multilevel analyses were used, accounting for within- and between-person variation of injustice. As expected, decreases of general distributive injustice mediated the effect of changes from unemployment to reemployment on decreases of depression. Additionally, increases in procedural injustice perceived in the treatment by the employment agency predicted increases in depression. However, changes in interpersonal and informational injustice did not affect mental health. In summary, during unemployment, different types of injustice represent stressors: the lack of resources in general, as well as problems in the relationship with the most important institution in this life situation, the employment agency. Thus, this study proposes important, yet unexplored, mechanisms that help to explain why unemployment undermines mental health.

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