Considering how much of our life is spent working, we all no doubt hope that we will work somewhere that makes us happy and fulfilled. But even in the best jobs, pressure and tight work schedules can lead to anxiety and stress and work-related mental illness problems are on the rise. There is also a hazard that the type of work that you do can lead to health problems, such as working with people who are going through incredibly tough and traumatic situations. The ramifications on your own life can be varied, including things such as not being able to get the best life insurance because of the high risk of your job. To see if you are in a job that could cause problems, here are the top ten jobs with high depression rates.
Considering how much of our life is spent working, we all no doubt hope that we will work somewhere that makes us happy and fulfilled. But even in the best j... more
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Nursing Home/Care Workers
With 11% of people in this field reporting major bouts of depression, this is the career at the top of the list. Caring for someone daily, having to do things such as feeding and bathing them, often without thanks as the person may be incapable of doing so.
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Food Service Workers
It’s not altogether surprising that this job is listed. Often these jobs have low or even just minimum wage, have very long and demanding hours that see you on your feet and moving all the time, and there’s the added bonus of rude or aggressive customers.
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Social Workers
This is an example of where the type of work can affect your own mental health. Dealing with abused and mistreated children or families on the brink of a crisis can lead to your own emotions getting tied into the cases. It can also lead to people sacrificing their own time and needs to help others, which can turn it into a 24/7 job – which can burn them out quickly.
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Health Care Workers
Most of us are no doubt aware of the kind of work nurses and doctors do – involving long hours, irregular shifts and extreme situations. Stress is a major problem for people in the health care industry, especially when they are literally taking people’s lives into their hands on a daily basis. It also often leaves very little time for them to think of themselves.
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Creatives
Creativity has often been linked with mental illness, but even if this isn’t scientifically true, the types of jobs in the creative industry can and are causes of depression. The irregular hours and paychecks – and not knowing when the next one might come in – causes stress and anxiety. Creative jobs are often lonely ones, too, so that people don’t feel that they have someone to help or in which to confide.
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Teachers
There seems to be the misconception that because schools have regular and long holidays, and shorter hours during the day, that teachers enjoy the same. However, the busy days means that much of a teacher’s work gets taken home with them in the evening. It is also obviously a very stressful job, trying to keep classes under control and also trying to reach the standards expected by the school, boards and the children’s parents.
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Administrative Support Staff
This is another case of being in an often thankless job with high demand. They can be bombarded by directions on all sides, but they are also usually at the bottom of the ladder, meaning that they don’t have a great deal of control.
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Maintenance Workers
This is a job that centres on fixing things that have gone wrong and cleaning up other people’s mess. It also often involves irregular hours, sometimes being called out in the middle of the night, and things that can be back breaking or even dangerous.
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Accountants and Advisors
Money makes the world go around, they say, and it’s certainly something very important to people. So being put in charge of other people’s finances, in a market that you have no control over (and can be stuck in the middle of a recession) leads to lots of stress.
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Salespeople
As salespeople often depend on commission, not being able to make a sale can be highly stressful. This isn’t helped when you have to phone people up or even go door-to-door to attempt this. This job may also involve travelling, which means being away from home and family and friends. A combination of uncertainty, long hours and pressure for results plays havoc with mental health.
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