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Epidemic of poor mental health among low-paid workers

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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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Epidemic of poor mental health among low-paid workers Tim <firemonkey@gatty.co.uk> - 2018-09-02 12:35 +0100
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