Students leaving education without qualifications are twice as likely to sign on than those who left with qualifications, reports the BBC. The Prince’s Trust and Sheffield University have spent time analysing previous recessions and have predicted that one in five of the teenagers who are set to receive their GCSE results next week could be read more »

Suicide, murder and heart attack rates are expected to increase as a result of the recessions, reports the BBC. An analysis in the Lancet of economic changes and death rates predicts that the UK will see around 290 more suicides because of rising unemployment. It’s thought by mid-2010 10% of the workforce may be unemployed. read more »

A feature on the Independent website today highlights the emotional cost of the recession. The Samaritans are reporting a rise in the number of calls, mainly from people worried about money. One in ten calls are related to financial worries, with over half of these being from people worried about job security. Drinking has also read more »

Many dementia sufferers are not receiving appropriate treatment due to poor staff training, reports the Guardian. A new report, called Prepared To Care, revealed that less than half of those who carried out home visits to dementia patients, to help with dressing and washing, were trained to do so. One in three care homes who read more »

New figures show the that depression is costing £8.6 billion a year, reports The Independent. Over the last decade the figure has risen by £3 billion. The figure does not include the impact on the NHS, just the cost on the economy caused by people taking time off work. Those who become unemployed due to read more »

Many soldiers returning from duty in Afghanistan and Iraq may be suffering from post traumatic stress disorder in silence, reports The Telegraph. A ‘stiff upper lip’ attitude may be preventing soldiers from admitting they have a problem, and talking about how they feel. Professor Alexander McFarlane, professor of psychiatry at the University of Adelaide and read more »

Plans from the government to raise the retirement age to 70 have been welcomed by those researching Alzheimer’s disease, reports the Times. The Institute of Psychiatry, at the Maudsley Hospital in London said that for every extra year worked dementia could be off-set by just over a month. So working until age 70 rather than read more »

New figures released by the Department of Health shows that those who work in media, publishing and entertainment consume almost twice the amount of recommended daily alcohol units, and are the heaviest drinkers, reports The Independent. Those who work in education and transport – such as drivers – had the lowest alcohol intake, on average read more »

A new survey carried out by mental health charity Mind has found that nearly half of men are suffering from ‘recession blues’, reports the BBC. In a survey of 2000 men, 40% said they feel low due to job and money worries. However, the survey also found that men are less willing to talk about read more »

an increasing strain on teachers is causing their mental health to suffer, reports The Times today. the pressure of Ofsted inspections, exam targets and badly behaved pupils in putting teachers under extra stress. the National Union of Teachers have been looking into the issue for the past two years, and found that there is a read more »