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Interventions targeting people in debt or unemployed might help reduce these effects.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0033291716002944_sec_a2\" sec-type=\"methods\">\n                    <jats:title>Method<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We searched MEDLINE, Embase, The Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and PsycINFO (January 2016) for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of interventions to reduce the effects of unemployment and debt on mental health in general population samples. We assessed papers for inclusion, extracted data and assessed risk of bias.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0033291716002944_sec_a3\" sec-type=\"results\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Eleven RCTs (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 5303 participants) met the inclusion criteria. All recruited participants were unemployed. Five RCTs assessed \u2018job-club\u2019 interventions, two cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) and a single RCT assessed each of emotional competency training, expressive writing, guided imagery and debt advice. All studies were at high risk of bias. \u2018Job club\u2019 interventions led to improvements in levels of depression up to 2 years post-intervention; effects were strongest among those at increased risk of depression (improvements of up to 0.2\u20130.3\n                      <jats:sc>s.d.<\/jats:sc>\n                      in depression scores). There was mixed evidence for effectiveness of group CBT on symptoms of depression. An RCT of debt advice found no effect but had poor uptake. Single trials of three other interventions showed no evidence of benefit.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0033291716002944_sec_a4\" sec-type=\"conclusion\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\u2018Job-club\u2019 interventions may be effective in reducing depressive symptoms in unemployed people, particularly those at high risk of depression. Evidence for CBT-type interventions is mixed; further trials are needed. However the studies are old and at high risk of bias. 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