{"id":48665,"date":"2020-09-25T16:30:09","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T15:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/?p=48665"},"modified":"2020-09-29T14:38:31","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T13:38:31","slug":"nathan-hodson-we-should-prepare-for-the-mental-health-impact-of-mass-unemployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2020\/09\/25\/nathan-hodson-we-should-prepare-for-the-mental-health-impact-of-mass-unemployment\/","title":{"rendered":"Nathan Hodson: We should prepare for the mental health impact of mass unemployment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"standfirst\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thousands of people will be exposed to the adverse mental health effects of unemployment, housing instability, and debt, warns Nathan Hodson<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The upheaval of the past six months has had an adverse effect on the mental health of the population, but unless we act now there are indications that worse is yet to come. Despite the collective challenges people in the UK have faced over recent months, some key stressors were deferred by government intervention: career uncertainty was delayed by the furlough scheme and precarious housing propped up by the pause on evictions. However, over the coming weeks the government will dramatically reduce this support. The health system must be prepared for the ensuing mental health consequences as the economic shock of the pandemic fully kicks in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Evictions resume <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wearecitizensadvice.org.uk\/the-eviction-ban-is-ending-75f457401870\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">this week<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, after a reprieve of almost six months. The total impact of this will be delayed by the last few weeks of the furlough scheme. Almost <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/c8ef84bf-0539-4281-b353-d5b840d10b5e\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">750 000 people have already lost their jobs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> but when the end of October sees the furlough scheme wrap up, another wave of unemployment is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-53675467\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">expected<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, with predictions that it will almost double to 7.5% by the end of the year. While the chancellor\u2019s new subsidy for retaining workers part time may stem the flow into the job market, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-54280966\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Torsten Bell<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of the Resolution Foundation suggests \u201cthe end of January is the new end of October cliff-edge.&#8221; Over the coming weeks and months, these rising waves of unemployment will combine with a backlog of eviction threats to put many people under huge financial stress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Although it can be hard to measure the link between mental health and economic recession, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/epidemiology-and-psychiatric-sciences\/article\/impact-of-economic-crises-on-mental-health-care-a-systematic-review\/0476353ACDD16BF4B4DBC990E5B34620\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">evidence suggests<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that past economic crises have led to a rise in people seeking care for mental health problems. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/345\/bmj.e5142\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">UK data from 2008 to 2010<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> concluded that every 10% increase in unemployment among men was associated with a 1.4% increase in male suicide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even during times of relative economic stability, financial difficulty is linked to poorer mental health. <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/aje\/advance-article\/doi\/10.1093\/aje\/kwaa146\/5874604\">Data from the US<\/a> found that homelessness and debt are independently associated with increased suicide risk. While the UK\u2019s system of Universal Credit has been shown to exacerbate depressive symptoms\u2014and is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lanpub\/article\/PIIS2468-2667(20)30026-8\/fulltext\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">more harmful<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to mental health than previous welfare benefit systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All of this suggests that it is prudent to anticipate a coming mental health crisis. The furlough scheme has temporarily masked the underlying rupture in the economy caused by covid-19, but its withdrawal will leave many people\u2014especially those who won\u2019t benefit from the chancellor\u2019s new subsidy\u2014without occupation or income.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Doctors who run clinics and those who discharge patients from hospital should be alert to the risk that financial stressors could exacerbate or precipitate mental illness, and now is the time to begin preparing solutions. Local money advice and crisis debt services are expert in offering hope to those facing deep financial trouble and many doctors are already prepared to signpost patients to them. Housing provision by local authorities has also stepped up during the pandemic and in some areas has become easier to access over recent months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">People who have lost jobs may benefit from social prescribing options, but <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhsconfed.org\/blog\/2020\/06\/how-social-prescribing-adapted-during-the-covid19-pandemic\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">these have been affected by the pandemic<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Although there has been some investment in social prescribing during the pandemic, people\u2019s ability to access local options may also be hindered by their own personal circumstances and financial situation during the pandemic\u2014for example, when it comes to having appropriate equipment and childcare. An awareness of local offerings and what will be feasible for individual patients will continue to be\u00a0 crucial. Similarly, church services have rapidly evolved to include online meetings and social distancing in buildings. During a time of uncertainty (as well as particularly upsetting circumstances of bereavement), many patients will wish to know what local faith groups have on offer, allowing doctors to point patients towards this alternative source of support and connection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Of course, the government\u2019s intervention this week will benefit some people who would otherwise have lost their jobs. Nevertheless, the end of furlough still cuts loose those working in certain sectors, such as nightlife and theatre, who are unable to return to work. The chancellor has provided a relatively modest intervention, deferring some of the financial stressors planned for November until 2021, but notably doing nothing for those now facing eviction in the middle of an escalating pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The new policy may save some jobs, but the chancellor has acknowledged that many will be lost, leaving potentially hundreds of thousands of people exposed to the adverse mental health effects of unemployment, housing instability, and debt. Frontline doctors seeking to mitigate the predictable mental health consequences for our most vulnerable patients have a crucial role over the coming months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Nathan Hodson<\/strong> is an academic clinical fellow at Warwick Medical School. Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NathanHodson\">@nathanhodson<\/a><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Competing interests:<\/strong> None declared.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of people will be exposed to the adverse mental health effects of unemployment, housing instability, and debt, warns Nathan Hodson [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2020\/09\/25\/nathan-hodson-we-should-prepare-for-the-mental-health-impact-of-mass-unemployment\/\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[236],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nhs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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