Efficacy of a peer-led group program for unemployed people with mental health problems: Pilot randomized controlled trial.

Background: People with long-term unemployment and mental health problems often find it difficult to take active steps toward help-seeking and job search and to navigate the complex system of available services. Likewise, job center staff would welcome interventions to improve the reintegration of long-term unemployed individuals with mental health problems into the labor market.

Aim: To examine the efficacy of a peer-led group program that supports unemployed people with mental health problems in terms of help-seeking, job search and recovery.

Disclosure and Quality of Life Among Unemployed Individuals With Mental Health Problems: A Longitudinal Study.

Unemployment and mental disorders are associated with impaired quality of life. Because of the stigma associated with mental illness, unemployed individuals with mental health problems face the difficult decision whether to disclose their condition to others. Disclosure has both risks and benefits, and it is unclear how it affects quality of life.

Attitudes Toward Disclosing a Mental Health Problem and Reemployment: A Longitudinal Study.

Despite low unemployment rates, individuals with mental health problems often struggle to gain reemployment. Many face the decision whether to disclose their mental illness to employers. This study therefore examined the role of disclosure attitudes for reemployment over time.

[Social medicine - for non-specialists].

Not only specialists in social medicine need basic knowledge in this field including social law and medical expertise. An overview with practical examples is offered.