| Participant* | Age | Ethnicity | Length of Unemployment (months) | Diagnosis of Mental Health Issues |
| Kate | 27 | White/British | 5 | Depression and generalised anxiety (2003) |
| Laura | 26 | White/British | 24 | Anxiety (2005); depression (2001) |
| Jessica | 23 | White/British | 5 | Depression and anxiety (2008); binge eating (2010) |
| Alison | 25 | White/British | 24 | Anxiety and panic attacks (2010) |
| Sophie | 22 | White/British | 7 | Generalised anxiety (2008); depression (2010) |
| Elizabeth | 25 | White/British | 5 | Depression (2009); generalised anxiety (2010) |
| Louise | 26 | White/British | 9 | Panic attacks, anxiety and OCD (2005) |
| Rebecca | 23 | White/British | 8 | Depression and anxiety (2012) |
| Paula | 25 | Middle Eastern/British | 7 | Anxiety (2010) |
| Mark | 27 | White/British | 21 | Depression, anxiety and panic attacks (2012) |
| Fabio | 25 | Latin American/British | 17 | Depression and anxiety (2010) |
| Paul | 28 | White/British | 17 | Depression (2005) |