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“You may wish to avoid terms such as depression, ME or low back pain and use more general terms ...”
Welfare officials have urged jobseekers who have depression to hide their diagnosis and only admit on work applications that they are experiencing “low mood”.
Jobcentre Plus advisers have told people looking for work to “avoid words that sound worse than they are” and “avoid terms such as depression” when drafting CVs and filling in applications. The advice has been attacked by health campaigners as an “outrage” which will reinforce stigmas about the condition.
The advice surfaced when a jobseeker in Dorset posted a leaflet online, about producing a “positive health statement”, he had received from his jobcentre. It also said they should not reveal they have myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), but instead say they have “a fatigue-related condition” ...
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https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/dwp-pull-jobcentre-document-chronic-20538290