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The present chapter examines the connection between mass unemployment ensuing from an economic crisis and the growing psychosocial need for help for those population groups directly and indirectly affected. In particular those psychological mechanisms and their preconditions which motivate, facilitate, hinder, or prevent the utilization of professional help will be considered. I limit myself here to two aspects, self-disclosure and help-seeking, among many in the process of attempting to cope with unemployment.
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Kieselbach, T. (1987). Self-Disclosure and Help-Seeking as Determinants of Vulnerability: Case Studies of Unemployed from Social-Psychiatric Services and Recommendations for Health and Social Policy. In: Schwefel, D., Svensson, PG., Zöllner, H. (eds) Unemployment, Social Vulnerability, and Health in Europe. Health Systems Research. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83112-6_19
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