Mild stress leads to long-term disability

Stress...stress..

A new study has revealed that even relatively mild stress can lead to long-term disability and an inability to work.

It is well known that mental health problems are associated with long-term disability, but the impact of milder forms of psychological stress is likely to have been underestimated, say the authors.

Between 2002 and 2007, the authors tracked the health of more than 17,000 working adults up to the age of 64, who had been randomly selected from the population in the Stockholm area.

All participants completed a validated questionnaire (GHQ-12) at the start of the study to measure their mental health and stress levels, as well as other aspects of health and wellbeing.

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