Alleviating depression in the unemployed: Adequate financial support, hope and early retirement
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In: Social Science and Medicine, Vol. 25, No. 2, 1987, p. 213-215.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Alleviating depression in the unemployed
T2 - Adequate financial support, hope and early retirement
AU - Frese, Michael
PY - 1987
Y1 - 1987
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - depression
KW - financial situation
KW - retirement
KW - therapy
KW - unemployment
KW - Business psychology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0023084730&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/0277-9536(87)90392-3
DO - 10.1016/0277-9536(87)90392-3
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 3660014
AN - SCOPUS:0023084730
VL - 25
SP - 213
EP - 215
JO - Social Science and Medicine
JF - Social Science and Medicine
SN - 0277-9536
IS - 2
ER -