Overtime work as a predictor of major depressive episode: A 5-year follow-up of the Whitehall II study

workplace-stress · PLoS ONE, 7(1), e30719 · 2012

Ever wonder where the 'breaking point' is? Virtanen (2012) found that working 11 hours a day more than doubles your risk of a major depressive episode. Time is literally mind.

Authors

Virtanen, M., Stansfeld, S. A., Fuhrer, R., Ferrie, J. E., Kivimäki, M.

Research lens

Ever wonder where the 'breaking point' is? Virtanen (2012) found that working 11 hours a day more than doubles your risk of a major depressive episode. Time is literally mind.

  • workplace-stress
  • burnout