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 …

Unemployment rates in the United States remain near a 25-year high and global
unemployment is rising. Previous studies have shown that unemployed persons have an …

As a consequence of the Spring 2020 lockdown that occurred in Spain due to the COVID-19
pandemic, many people lost their jobs or had to be furloughed. The objective of this study is …

Political pronouncements and policy statements include much conjecture concerning the
health and behavioral effects of economic decline. We both summarize empirical research …

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

Aim Concurrently with increasingly permissive attitudes towards marijuana use and its
legalization, the prevalence of marijuana use has increased in recent years in the US …

Objectives To estimate the impact of (particularly long-term) unemployment on the overall
and mental health of the Spanish working-age population and to check whether the effects …

Background: This study assesses racial/ethnic disparities in negative social consequences
of drinking and alcohol dependence symptoms among white, black, and Hispanic …

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

After we review the basic distinctions among types of stress, and between the biological and
engineering models for stress, we elaborate a two-way classification of stressors, based on …