Long-Term Unemployment: A Social Determinant Underaddressed Within Community Behavioral Health Programs

Employment has the potential to contribute to positive health outcomes for people with serious mental illnesses; however, its flipside, long-term unemployment, is a social determinant that has not been consistently recognized for its negative effects. Therefore, in this column, the authors examined...

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Published in:	Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) Vol. 71; no. 7; pp. 745 - 748
Main Authors:	Marrone, Joseph, Swarbrick, Margaret A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States American Psychiatric Association 01-07-2020 American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc
Subjects:	Effects Humans Mental Disorders - epidemiology Mental Disorders - etiology Mental health Public Health Risk factors Social Determinants of Health Social Support Socioeconomic Factors Unemployment Unemployment - psychology Unemployment - statistics & numerical data social policy health Poverty underemployment Unemployment
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Summary:	Employment has the potential to contribute to positive health outcomes for people with serious mental illnesses; however, its flipside, long-term unemployment, is a social determinant that has not been consistently recognized for its negative effects. Therefore, in this column, the authors examined how the widely accepted notion that unemployment is extremely deleterious to health is largely overlooked. Clinical risk factors related to long-term unemployment are identified as well as the inadequate response to them within mental health systems of care. Practical individual- and systems-level strategies to rectify this oversight are outlined.
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ISSN:	1075-2730 1557-9700
DOI:	10.1176/appi.ps.201900522