Unemployment, social isolation, achievement–expectation mismatch and psychosis: findings from the ÆSOP Study

Abstract

This study suggests that unemployment, social isolation, employment achievement and expectations are important environmental factors associated with risk of psychosis. More attention needs to be focused on interactions between environmental factors as well as subjective experience of those factors in future research on the aetiology of psychosis.

WPA Guidance on Mental Health and Mental Health Care in Migrants

“…This has been replicated in London, especially for discrepancy between aspirations and achievements in housing (42,43), which may affect an individual's self-esteem. Why this lack of self-esteem should lead to schizophrenia and not depression needs to be explored further.…”

Quality of life and illness beliefs in individuals with early psychosis

“…The mean age of the sample was 26 years old (s.d. = 4.40, range [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35], and 70% (n = 57) were male. All participants met the eligibility criteria for the EIS and therefore met the inclusion criteria for the study: all participants were aged 18-35; had been in contact with the EIS for between 1 and 3 years (range 12-34 months, mean = 19.42, s.d.…”

Working with mental health problems: clients’ experiences of IPS, vocational rehabilitation and employment

“…Conversely, unemployment, along with social isolation, has been found to be associated with a risk of psychosis [22]. Low employment rates of those with SMI are understood to reflect a combination of social and economic pressures, labour market conditions and psychological and social barriers (such as stigma among potential employers [26]) along with lack of professional support [17].…”