Ramune Kalediene, Jadvyga Petrauskiene, Mindaugas Stankunas ASSOCIATION BETWEEN UNEMPLOYMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH DURING THE PERIOD OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC TRANSITION IN LITHUANIA This paper assesses the trends of unemployment, mental health indicators in Lithuania during the period of 1990–2001, and evaluates the associations between unemployment and mental health. The information about unemployment and mental health was obtained from Lithuanian Department of Statistics and Lithuanian Health Information Centre. Trends in mortality, morbidity, and unemployment were based on logarithmic regression. The coefficient of regression, multiplied by 100, was presented the average annual change. Correlation between unemployment and mental health indicators was estimated. Results showed that the average annual growth of unemployment rate was 30.6%. Similar trends were observed in the incidences of mental diseases, schizophrenia, alcoholic psychosis, and drug abuses. Statistically significant correlations were observed between the level of unemployment and prevalence of mental disorders (r = 0.87), incidences of mental diseases (r = 0.79), schizophrenia (r = 0.77), and drug abuse (r = 0.78). Nevertheless, unemployment did not correlate with psychosis, alcohol psychosis, suicides, and traffic accidents involving alcohol. Key words: unemployment, mental health, alcohol psychosis, suicide, Lithuania.

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