2016
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2016-103831
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Unemployment and mental health

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“…This perception was related to the debilitating nature of the illness experienced, the side effects of medications, its propensity to deprive affected individuals of education needed for employment, and the reduction of their social network. Our findings in Kenya add to the established relationship between psychiatric illness and unemployment and the capacity of the illness to be a direct limitation to work (19, 36, 39, 40). It is pertinent to state that our observation from the field and the stories from the qualitative study also showed that the effect of mental illness on the individual may be independent of the severity of the illness.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 60%
“…This perception was related to the debilitating nature of the illness experienced, the side effects of medications, its propensity to deprive affected individuals of education needed for employment, and the reduction of their social network. Our findings in Kenya add to the established relationship between psychiatric illness and unemployment and the capacity of the illness to be a direct limitation to work (19, 36, 39, 40). It is pertinent to state that our observation from the field and the stories from the qualitative study also showed that the effect of mental illness on the individual may be independent of the severity of the illness.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 60%
“…While unemployment can have adverse effects on mental health (Harkko, Virtanen, & Kouvonen, 2018; Milner et al, 2013; Norström, Virtanen, Hammarström, Gustafsson, & Janlert, 2014; Overland, 2016), health problems may also affect the risk of subsequent unemployment (van Rijn, Robroek, Brouwer, & Burdorf, 2014). This is often described as ‘health-related selection’ (Helgesson, Tinghog, Niederkrotenthaler, Saboonchi, & Mittendorfer-Rutz, 2017).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although both causal mechanisms and health selection effects are involved,24 interventions that help people remain part of the workforce are likely to benefit society and individuals through improving health and quality of life, and curb costs for society.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%