Increased minor psychiatric morbidity follows job insecurity and unemployment

A part of the Whitehall study, Ferrie et al (p 647) examined whether subsequent employment status after job loss had an influence on health and use of health services. They collected data on 666 civil servants before and 18 months after their department was sold to the private sector. They found that job insecurity and unemployment were associated with an increase in minor psychiatric morbidity and increased general practitioner consultation rates. Financial strain, change in psychosocial measures, and health related behaviours accounted for little of these associations. Adjusting for change in minor psychiatric morbidity strengthened the association between consultations and insecure re-employment and unemployment.

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