Alleviating depression in the unemployed: Adequate financial support, hope and early retirement

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Alleviating depression in the unemployed: Adequate financial support, hope and early retirement. / Frese, Michael.
In: Social Science and Medicine, Vol. 25, No. 2, 1987, p. 213-215.

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title = "Alleviating depression in the unemployed: Adequate financial support, hope and early retirement",
abstract = "Results of a longitudinal study on older blue-collar workers in the Federal Republic of Germany ([1] Soc. Sci. Med. 25, 173-178, 1987) showed that people who retired out of unemployment improve in depression similar to those people who found a job. Furthermore, financial problems and disappointed hope were important in the development of depression in the unemployed. These results are relevant for measures to alleviate depression in the unemployed in three areas: early retirement and an increase of financial unemployment compensation are recommended. Furthermore, all those programs (like counseling or therapeutic programs) that increase hope to find a job without increasing the chances to find a job have to be viewed with skepticism because they might actually turn out to be dysfunctional.",
keywords = "depression, financial situation, retirement, therapy, unemployment, Business psychology",
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pages = "213--215",
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