Human Resources committee  I would absolutely agree that it's essential to find the cause. Generally, when you look at best practices, those programs are likely the ones getting right to the root of the problem. To go to an earlier question on homelessness, Housing First seems to be providing quite promi

Human Resources committee  That's actually a study I'm currently working on. In my head I'm trying to think through some of the results. The preliminary results are at least suggestive that there can be an increase in negative behaviours more broadly and in drug use in general. It's not surprising that thi

Human Resources committee  I didn't get into the details of the research on PTSD. I looked at poor mental health. We looked at diagnoses of depression, general anxiety disorder, and also PTSD. PTSD has been shown to be an important issue in my research and is related to unemployment, sexual assault, and ab

Human Resources committee  Certainly.

Human Resources committee  I would think addressing it directly would be the most efficient way.

Human Resources committee  It gets to be a chicken and egg problem a bit there. I do think that it's a very complex problem, and to an earlier comment, the idea of reducing it to one single thing to do is overly simplistic. I think there's a lot of nuance here. I think a job can be a central part of orga

Human Resources committee  I think there are other experts in the room, including Dr. Lipman, who can probably speak to this question more accurately than I can. It really is a challenge of best practices. I think we all often share the same goals, but we all have constraints and budget constraints as far

Human Resources committee  I think having self-worth is important, however that's defined for individuals. Many individuals develop that potentially through a job. I'm starting to move outside of my area of expertise, so I'm a little....

Human Resources committee  Unfortunately, one challenge I immediately have is being a citizen of the United States. I'm slightly ignorant—

Human Resources committee  The target is helping individuals with mental illness only...?

Human Resources committee  Unfortunately, the nature of the research and the data we used were not able to get at the underlining mechanisms. Whether it was issues of housing and security, whether it was lack of food, lack of ability to pay particular bills, issues with the marriage, we are unable to actua

Human Resources committee  These are excellent questions. Unfortunately, our research does not get directly at it. Certainly, research I've seen from others suggests essentially a combination of those factors, but I've not seen studies I can think of that really put a precise...the relative share of those

Human Resources committee  That's another great question. One interesting component I think within that is the largest negative effects were for people who would be likely to be quite well off.

Human Resources committee  It was among the highly educated individuals who were among high school graduates, among college graduates in particular, who, if they became long-term unemployed, were even more likely to suffer from depression or anxiety. We postulate that because they might have an even stron

Human Resources committee  We did not have data on their net worth.