The current article summarizes the results of a comprehensive review of the international
research published between 1990 and 2010. The research was focused on the prevalence …

Since the industrial revolution, the relationship between unemployment and psychiatric
disorders has been a subject of high interest. Currently, regarding the correlation between …

Background The economic shock of 2008–2009 provided an opportunity to study the
robustness of observed statistical associations between unemployment and problematic …

Background There has been considerable interest in the extent to which substance use and
unemployment may be related, particularly the causal pathways that may be involved in …

Aims. To establish whether the high prevalence of alcohol abuse among unemployed
people is explained by alcohol abuse causing unemployment, or vice versa. Design. A 5 …

The current study tested whether unemployment predicted young adults' heavy episodic
drinking, cigarette smoking, and cannabis use after taking into account individual …

Background The relationship between economic conditions and substance abuse is
unclear, with few studies reporting drug-specific substance abuse. The present study …

BACKGROUND: The relationship between serious drug involvement and risk for
unemployment is well recognized, but few studies have prospectively examined this …

Background. The aims of this study were to examine the associations between exposure to
unemployment following school leaving and rates of psychiatric disorder using data …

A prospective study, including all 1083 pupils in the final year of compulsory schooling in a
municipality in northern Sweden, was performed. Ninety‐seven point nine per cent of the …