The global economic crisis: effects on mental health and what can be done

Ng, Kenrick; Agius, Mark; Zaman, Rashid Uz

doi:10.1177/0141076813481770

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“…This situation is increased during periods of economic crisis due to lower income, greater job insecurity, feelings of powerless, lack of promotion, increased workload, and exposure to more difficult work conditions and environmental stress and it may precipitate mental disorders [ 47 ]. The negative effects of the recession on mental health may also be extended to employed individuals [ 48 , 49 ], and workers with mental health problems have an increased likelihood for transition into unemployment [ 50 ], closing a vicious circle between economic recession, employment status and mental health.…”

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Prevalence of Mental Disorders in the South-East of Spain, One of the European Regions Most Affected by the Economic Crisis: The Cross-Sectional PEGASUS-Murcia Project

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BackgroundTo describe the lifetime and 12-month prevalence, severity and age of onset distribution of DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) disorders and to explore the association between socio-demographic variables and economic stressors with mental disorders during the economic crisis in the general population of Murcia (Spain).Methods and FindingsThe PEGASUS-Murcia Project is a cross-sectional face-to-face interview survey of a representative sample of non-institutionalized adults in Murcia administered between June 2010 and May 2012. DSM-IV disorders were assessed by the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI 3.0). Main outcome measures were lifetime and 12-month prevalence of Anxiety, Mood, Impulse and Substance Disorders, Severity and Age of Onset. Sociodemographic variables and stressful economic life events during the preceding 12 months were entered as independent variables in a logistic regression analysis. A total of 2,621 participants (67.4% response rate) were interviewed, 54.5% female, mean age 48.6 years. Twelve-month prevalence (95%CI) of disorders: anxiety 9.7% (7.6–12.2), mood 6.6% (5.5–8.1), impulse 0.3% (0.1–1.2) and substance use 1.0% (0.4–2.4) disorders. Lifetime prevalence: anxiety 15.0% (12.3–18.1), mood 15.6% (13.5–18.1), impulse 2.4% (1.4–4.0) and substance use 8.3% (6.2–11.0) disorders. Severity among 12-month cases: serious 29.2% (20.8–39.4), moderate 35.6% (24.0–49.1) and mild severity 35.2% (29.5–41.5). Women were 3.7 and 2.5 times more likely than men to suffer 12-month anxiety and mood disorders, respectively. Substance use was more frequent among men. Younger age and lower income were associated with higher prevalence. Respondents exposed to multiple and recent economic stressors had the highest risk of anxiety disorders.ConclusionsMental disorders in the adult population of Murcia during the economic crisis were more prevalent and serious than those in previous estimates for Spain. Prevalence was strongly associated with exposure to stressors related to the economic crisis.

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Prevalence of Mental Disorders in the South-East of Spain, One of the European Regions Most Affected by the Economic Crisis: The Cross-Sectional PEGASUS-Murcia Project

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“…Among a series of coping mechanisms for the work related stressors are alcohol consumption and substance misuse and even suicide (Dee TS, 2001). In an economic crisis, the impact on mortality and morbidity is exacerbated where people have easy access to unhealthy coping mechanisms (Ng et al, 2013).…”

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Trust in a viable real estate economy with disruption and blockchain

Veuger

2018

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Centre for Real Estate -in daily speaking 'CEJ' -is the new centralized real estate centre in the Danish public authority, Capital Region of Denmark. Since 1 January 2017, more than 700 employees have been part of the centre, which has the task of creating, operating and optimizing the buildings owned by the regional authority. The trusted FM partnerThe Capital Region is responsible of hospitals, mental health services, research, disability services, social services and solving environmental tasks. The building stock is approx. 2 million m 2 with a portfolio consisting of more than 750 single buildings at more than 70 locations. The strategic ambition in CEJ is to become the trusted partner for the regions core businesses and not as de facto the default FM organization. In this article we share our first experiences as inspiration to others who are considering a change process from decentral to central facilities management. The preparationsThe corporate management decided in 2015 that the preparations of a centre for real estate should take place in 2016 and 1 of January 2017 was set as the formal opening day. Mogens Kornbo started as CEO of CEJ the 1. March 2016 and during the spring, summer and fall the contours of CEJ started to settle. The centre should be a real estate and facilities management centre, the hospitals etc. should hand over responsibilities together with employees and budgets and a process was started to prepare and motivate the 720 employees who was about to change their organizational association and become the vast majority of the CEJ employees. An important part of the preparations was the constellation of the organizational structure. It consists of a CEO and deputy with representation in the corporate management, supported by administrative staff and 5 units of  System and processes  Planning and building projects  Operation and technique  Energy and environment  Logistics and supply chain The REFM scopeCEJ´s is set out to be a Real Estate FM (REFM) centre that unites ownership, investment and operational optimization in one and the same organization. The responsibilities are in general the physical environment and the technical services related to operation of buildings including: indoor and outdoor building maintenance, technical service, outdoor areas, fire and safety, indoor environment, waste handling parking and environment. In the future we might grow with other FM services, but currently cleaning, catering, receptions, guard etc. is not included in our responsibilities. These FM tasks remain for the time being in the core business organizations. Corporate economy, IKT and HR on are also not the responsibility of CEJ, as the region has other centres with this as their resort. 9The financial basisThe economic negotiations were challenging and they still are. Top management at the hospitals accepted or even supported the idea of a central real estate organization, but like in all other situations where resources are limited; there were at times hard negotiations about transfer...

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“…[26][27][28] The impact of recession on mental HRQoL has been reported by others, both in Spain 8,9,29 and internationally. 2,6,7,30,31 The consequences of recession (loss of employment and financial burden) generate stress that affects people's mental health. The buffering effect of social support, ameliorating the impact of economic recession, has been suggested by others, 6 although this is the first time that evidence of this has been found.…”

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