TY - BOOK
T1 - The COVID-19 Pandemic, Financial Inequality and Mental Health
AU - Kousoulis, Antonis
AU - McDaid, Shari
AU - Crepaz-Keay, David
AU - Solomon, Susan
AU - Lombardo, Chiara
AU - Yap, Jade
AU - Weeks, Lauren
AU - O'Sullivan, Chris
AU - Baird, Rachel
AU - Grange, Richard
AU - Giugliano, Tony
AU - Thorpe, Lucy
AU - Knifton, Lee
AU - Rowland, Mark
AU - van Bortel, Tine
AU - John, Ann
AU - Lee, Sze
AU - Morton, Alec
AU - Davidson, Gavin
PY - 2020/5/7
Y1 - 2020/5/7
N2 - More than one third of UK adults in full-time work are worried about losing their jobs, according to new data from a study tracking the mental health risks and impacts of the pandemic. The latest research, done on 24th – 26th April [2020], also found that one fifth of unemployed adults surveyed said they had had suicidal thoughts and feelings during the last two weeks. This is more than double the rate among UK adults generally. One in ten (11 per cent) of unemployed adults who have felt stress because of the pandemic also said that they had not found anything to help them cope with it. Again, this is double the rate among UK adults. Another finding of the new survey is that one third of all adults surveyed said they were worried about their finances, such as bill payments and debts. The survey data, from 4,246 UK adults aged 18 and over, were collected as part of a major UK-wide longitudinal research project called Coronavirus: Mental Health in the Pandemic. “Our research is starting to reveal how the financial and employment inequalities caused and exacerbated by the pandemic are affecting people’s mental health,” said Mental Health Foundation Director Dr Antonis Kousoulis.
AB - More than one third of UK adults in full-time work are worried about losing their jobs, according to new data from a study tracking the mental health risks and impacts of the pandemic. The latest research, done on 24th – 26th April [2020], also found that one fifth of unemployed adults surveyed said they had had suicidal thoughts and feelings during the last two weeks. This is more than double the rate among UK adults generally. One in ten (11 per cent) of unemployed adults who have felt stress because of the pandemic also said that they had not found anything to help them cope with it. Again, this is double the rate among UK adults. Another finding of the new survey is that one third of all adults surveyed said they were worried about their finances, such as bill payments and debts. The survey data, from 4,246 UK adults aged 18 and over, were collected as part of a major UK-wide longitudinal research project called Coronavirus: Mental Health in the Pandemic. “Our research is starting to reveal how the financial and employment inequalities caused and exacerbated by the pandemic are affecting people’s mental health,” said Mental Health Foundation Director Dr Antonis Kousoulis.
M3 - Other report
BT - The COVID-19 Pandemic, Financial Inequality and Mental Health
PB - Mental Health Foundation
ER -
