Determinants of Caregiver Burden in Early-Onset Dementia.

Introduction: Caregivers of patients with early-onset dementia (EOD) experience high levels of burden, which is known to be affected by caregivers' psychological features as well as by patients' and caregivers' demographical and social variables. Although potential clinical, demographical, and social determinants have been separately examined, it is not known how they reciprocally interact.

Methods: Ninety-two consecutive patient-caregiver dyads were recruited from the Cognitive Neurology Clinics of Modena, Northern Italy.

Self-reported unemployment status and recession: An analysis on the Italian population with and without mental health problems.

Purpose: During economic recession people with mental health problems have higher risk of losing their job. This paper analyses the issue by considering the Italian rates of unemployment amongst individuals with and without mental health problems in 2005 and 2013, that is prior and during the economic crisis.

Methods: We used data from the National surveys on "Health conditions and use of health services" carried out by the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) for the years 2005 and 2013.

Being hit twice: The psychological consequences of the economic crisis and an earthquake.

Background: The Great Recession has caused worldwide tangible costs in terms of cuts in employment and income, which have been widely recognised also as major social determinants of mental health. Italy has not been spared from the financial crisis with severe societal and mental health consequences. In addition, a strong earthquake hit the province of Modena, Italy, in 2012, that is, amid the crisis.