title: Unemployment and cognitive difficulties.
abstract: Reported cognitive difficulties in a sample of unemployed men are described. Problems of slowing down and concentration were the most common. Longer duration since job loss was found to be associated with greater cognitive difficulties, and middle-aged unemployed men were particularly likely to report problems.
mesh_terms: D001143:Arousal; D001288:Attention; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications; D014478:Unemployment; D006113:United Kingdom