Depression Impacts 500,000 Canadian Workers

Source: CMHA

About half a million Canadian workers experience depression and most of them say the symptoms interfere with their ability to work, according to a study released by Statistics Canada. Data from 2002 indicate that almost four per cent of workers age 25 to 64 had experienced depression in the 12 months before the Canadian community health survey was conducted. Nearly eight of 10 workers who had experienced depression reported that the symptoms had interfered with their ability to work, at least to some extent. Almost one in five said there was a very severe degree of interference with their work. See "Depression impacts 500,000 Canadian workers: study," at www.canada.com, and "Nearly 4% of Canadian workers say depression limits their life," at www.cbc.ca. See also "Expert: Costs of stress likely higher than we think," at chealth.canoe.ca.
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