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Learn about Home inside Soul Foundation, an NGO in Budapest offering psychological help, counseling, and more. Find out about their activities, partners, and the impact of mental health on unemployment in Hungary.
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Home insideSoulFoundation “EWE” KickOff MeetinginNovember 2013 SANTA COLOMA DE GRAMENET (SPAIN)
totalpopulation of Hungary: less than10 millionpeople • theunemploymentrate is 9.8% (age 15–74) • 54.3% of unemployed people had been searching for a job for one year or more • the average durationof unemployment was 19.3 months
Home insideSoulFoundation History: • 2007: Home insideSoulFoundation and Oriold & Co. Publishing Company Basic dates: • Status: NGO • Place: Budapest • Mission: psychologicalhelp, counselling (life, worketc.), suicideprevention, protection of interests • Targetgroups: peoplewithmentaldisorders, depressedpeople, familymembers of schizophrenicpeople, longtermunemloymentpeople, peoplewithmentalillnessrisks • Activities: seviceclubs, selfhelping, jobseekertrainings, consulting, informationsystem (www.lelekbenotthon.huwebsitewith 10 thousandclick per a month)
Partners Job centers • The population of Budapest iscirca1,700,000 • The Bp metropolitan area was home to circa2,500,000 people • The population of 1th, 2nd and 3th disticts is circa 240,000 • The number of Job Center clientswithmetropolitanarea is nearly300,000
Partners Mentalhealthinstitutes: • HungarianPsychiatricAssotiation • HungarianPsychologicalAssociation Partner organizations (NGOs): • publicpsychiatry • NGOs of bipolardisorders and familymembers of schizhophrenicpeoples etc. • National Patient Forum
Mentalhealth and unemployment „More than 1 in 10 EU citizens suffer from depression at some point in their life and they commonly experience symptoms such as lack of attention, memory loss and difficulty planning and taking decisions. These cognitive symptoms can have a significant impact on quality of life and the ability to function professionally and socially.” European DepressionAssociation (EDA)
Mentalhealth and unemployment Depression as a consequence of theeconomiccrisis byProf. George N. Christodoulou, p. 14-18. „By 2020, depressionwill be thesecondleadingcause of worlddisability (WHO, 2001) and by 2030; it is expectedto be thelargestcontributortodiseaseburden (WHO, 2008).”
Mentalhealth and unemployment:Hungary Disabilityrateinworkingagepopulation: - OECD countries: less than 6% - Hungary: 12% Employmentrateinpeople with reduced work capacity: - EU: either 40% - Hungary: 12-15% Activitylevel of labour market: - EU: 73% - OECD: 72,4% - Hungary: 62,4%
Mentalhealth and unemployment:Hungary • Hungarianpopulation: less than10 million • Number of disabilitypeople: nearly800 thousand • Main cause of disabilities: behavioraldisorderormentaldisease(partlyorwhole) • Women • Men