High Job Strain Increases Risk of Mental Health Challenges [madinamerica.com]
A new study, led by Samuel Harvey, Associate Professor at the Black Dog Institute in Australia, investigates the association between job strain and mental health challenges. The results of the study, published in The Lancet Psychiatry, indicate that higher job strain increases one’s risk of developing a “common mental disorder” by age 50. Mental health challenges are one of the biggest reasons why people are absent from work in high-income countries. Because of this, scholars and...