At a time of global economic downturn the risks of job loss increase almost daily. The way we deal with this can have profound implications on health and wellbeing. The older people get, the greater difficulty they tend to experience in adapting to change and finding new employment.

Depressive symptoms are one of the most common mental health issues associated with unemployment. It's hard enough to deal with the shock, despondency and sometimes anger that follows job loss and this is...