The Mental Health Consequences of the Recession: Economic Hardship and Employment of People with Mental Health Problems in 27 European Countries

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Evans Lacko, Sara ^a   Knapp, Martin ^a,b   McCrone, Paul ^a   Thornicroft, Graham ^a   Mojtabai, Ramin ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880811018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069792     Document Type: Article

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