News tagged with unemployment rates

Borderline personality, bipolar disorders have similar unemployment rates

Unemployment poses a significant burden on the public no matter what the cause. But for those who have been diagnosed with a psychiatric illness, chronic unemployment is often coupled with significant health care costs. A ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Dec 11, 2012 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 0

Study: More than 9 million U.S. adults lost health coverage in recession

(Medical Xpress) -- An estimated 9.3 million American adults lost health insurance coverage as a result of increased unemployment during the recession of 2007-09, according to a newly published study by researchers at Cornell, ...

Health Dec 09, 2011 | 5 / 5 (3) | 1

Great expectations: Interpretation of positive or negative information is all a matter of anticipation, psychologist say

(Medical Xpress) -- Each month a new jobs report is issued in the United States. Each month the report is also met with criticism even if jobs are added.

Psychology & Psychiatry Aug 21, 2012 | 5 / 5 (3) | 2 |

Economic environment during infancy linked with substance use, delinquent behavior in adolescence

The larger economic environment during infancy may be associated with subsequent substance use and delinquent behavior during adolescence, according to a report published Online First by Archives of General Psychiatry, a JAMA ...

Health Dec 31, 2012 | 1.3 / 5 (6) | 1 |

Men who lose their jobs at greater risk of dying prematurely

Research by McGill Sociology Professor Eran Shor, working in collaboration with researchers from Stony Brook University, has revealed that unemployment increases the risk of premature mortality by 63 per cent. Shor reached ...

Health Apr 04, 2011 | 5 / 5 (1) | 2

When the economy is down, alcohol consumption goes up

Previous studies have found that health outcomes improve during an economic downturn. Job loss means less money available for potentially unhealthy behaviors such as excessive drinking, according to existing literature on ...

Health Oct 13, 2011 | 5 / 5 (1) | 3