'Excessive workload as bad as joblessness'

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Agencies: Melbourne, Nov 23 2012, 16:18 IST

to increase employment rates.

"The improvement of psychosocial work conditions, such as reducing job demands, and increasing job control, security, and esteem can flow on to improvements in employees' mental health and reduce the burden of illness on public health systems," Butterworth said.

The study draws on data from the 2007 English Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey. The final sample size for the analysis was 2603 respondents, published in Psychological Medicine.

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reduce work hrs from 08 to 05.

SK Tripathi | 24-Nov-2012Reply | Forward

I had been propagating the thought to employ 02 persons in place of one if job needs 10 hrs. manday count. Man day should be changed to 05 hrs in place of 08 hrs. It is more relevant in the era of machines. Employment should focus earning of the family in place of individual. By changing work hrs a day from 08 to 05 will solve problem of over worked and unemploymet together to make world a better place to live.

The word "Mad" means "Mentally ill"

Rajiv Bhole | 23-Nov-2012Reply | Forward

It is shocking to read that this psychologist considers anxiety and depression to be mental disorders, and mental illness. "Mentally ill" and "disordered in mind" are the meaning of the English word "mad". Calling a person mad when he is not mad is a human rights violation of that individual. It is about time human right activists and law enforcement agencies demand an explanation from psychologists and mental health professionals for calling stressed-out people, who suffer from anxiety and depression, mentally ill or mentally disordered. I do hope mental heath professionals have more empathy and respect for their patients suffering from anxiety, depression and other mood and behavioral problems, from now on.