Study: Working late increases your risk of depression
Put in 11 hours of work and you’re more than twice as likely to develop signs of depression than someone who puts in seven or eight hours.
Researchers who followed 2,123 British workers for six years found that those who put in long hours on the job were more likely to develop signs of depression. Those workers who put in an average of 11 hours were more than twice as likely to be depressed as those who put in seven or eight hours.
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