Poor mental health influences risk and duration of unemployment: A prospective study

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1013-1021

  Butterworth, Peter ^a   Leach, Liana S ^a   Pirkis, Jane ^b   Kelaher, Margaret ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Employment; Health selection; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84863726764     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-011-0409-1     Document Type: Review

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