Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic is causing unprecedented rates of unemployment.

Poorer mental health is a cause and a consequence of unemployment, and job seekers with poorer mental health remain unemployed for longer.

The review in this month’s Cochrane Corner aimed to evaluate the effects of health-improving interventions on job seeker’s re-employment rates.

This commentary critically evaluates the review and explores the relevance of its findings.

Citations

Butler, J. (2021). Could health-improving interventions address the growing unemployment crisis? BJPsych Advances, 27(2), 67-72.

DOI: https://doi:10.1192/bja.2020.99

URI: https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk/orka/title/could-health-improving-interventions-address-the-growing-unemployment-crisis/