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Epidemic of poor mental health among low-paid workers

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Tim wrote

> 
> Being lower on the pecking order at work is associated with having 
> serious psychiatric problems, our latest research shows. We found that 
> abusive managers negatively affect the emotional and psychological 
> well-being of those beneath them, and that they make workers feel more 
> paranoid and hyper-vigilant at work.
> 
> For our study, we analysed data from over 4,000 UK workers of different 
> job ranks, aged 16 to 65. We found a worryingly high prevalence of 
> mental health problems among low-paid workers in non-managerial roles.
> 
> Among all workers, we found that 19% showed signs of depression, 15% had
> thought about suicide in the last month, 10% felt paranoid, 7% had a 
> psychotic or a personality disorder and 4% had hallucinations. Low-paid 
> workers were significantly more likely to have symptoms of paranoid 
> personality disorder and avoidant personality disorder than those whose 
> jobs were managerial.
> 
> http://theconversation.com/epidemic-of-poor-mental-health-among-low-paid-
> workers-96754 

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