Monday, October 25, 2010

10 Careers With High Rates of Depression - depression - Health.com

10 Careers With High Rates of Depression - depression - Health.com: "Jobs and depression

Some jobs are more depression-prone than others.

Here are 10 fields (out of 21 major job categories) in which full-time workers are most likely to report an episode of major depression in a given year. But if you want to be a nurse (No. 4), it doesn’t mean you should pick another profession.

“There are certain aspects of any job that can contribute to or exacerbate depression,” says Deborah Legge, PhD, a licensed mental health counselor in Buffalo. 'Folks with the high-stress jobs have a greater chance of managing it if they take care of themselves and get the help they need.”"

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