Universal credit trajectories among individuals who access secondary mental health services: analysis of linked data
Most trajectories were dominated by those required to search for work albeit for different time periods before exiting UC. One in ten people were assessed as unable to work for an extended period. Findings can be used to inform support for people with mental health problems vulnerable to conditionality or longer-term UC receipt.
Authors
- Matthew H. Hotopf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3980-4466)
- Sharon A. M. Stevelink (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7655-7986)
- Nicola T. Fear (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5792-2925)
- Ira Madan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2200-7329)
- Thomas Lorentzen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9952-8929)
- Ioannis Bakolis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4800-1630)
- Sarah Ledden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5121-7934)
- Ray Leal
Institutions
- St Thomas' Hospital (GB)
- King's College London (GB)
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Mental Health Research UK (GB)
- NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- University of Bergen (NO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-05-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-025-02930-3
- Primary Topic
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care
- NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre