People with generalized anxiety disorder or characterized depressive episode increase the risk of losing their job, study finds. Men are more affected.
Being in good mental health: a condition that seems necessary to keep your job. Men seem in fact more likely to lose their jobs if they suffer from generalized anxiety disorder or characterized depressive episode. This is what emerges from a study published this 1er July in the review Studies and results of the Directorate of Research, Studies, Evaluation and Statistics (DREES).
Women are twice as likely to report a mental disorder in 2006: 12% against 6% of men. Most often, they report a generalized anxiety disorder, but which does not lead to more than perceived poor health. Anxious and depressed men, on the other hand, adopt more risky behaviors.
Men no longer lose their jobs
In the general population, 8% of women and 7% of men lost their jobs between 2006 and 2010. Among people reporting a mental disorder, this rate climbs to 14% for women and 18% for men. This significant increase shows how unequal the two sexes are when it comes to mental disorders: while twice as many women are affected, it is among men that they have the most effect on the professional situation. While men and women lose their jobs more often when they report a generalized anxiety disorder, the combination of two disorders further increases the risk. And more often than not, the activity limitations declared because of this disorder also increase the risk of not keeping a job.
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