[lbo-talk] UC London study: Job-related stress literally can kill you

[B.]

"Projections are that by 2020, depression will be
second only to heart disease in its contribution to
the global burden of disease as measured by
disability-adjusted life years. [...] Projections
suggest that by 2020, depression will become the
second leading cause of disease worldwide, as measured
by disability-adjusted life years (5). Furthermore,
depression characteristically complicates the course
and outcome of other illnesses among older adults."

http://www.cdc.gov/Pcd/issues/2008/jan/07_0150.htm

"Unipolar major depression" is predicted by the
Harvard School of Public Health to be the 2nd leading
cause of disability, right below heart disease, and
just above injuries caused by various accidents, by
the year 2020, as the chart here also shows:

http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/977858884.html

It's hard for me to believe folks' sense of financial
well-being/security, as well as social alienation,
inability to realize their own potential as they
squander their hours away on making ends meet, etc.,
don't contribute greatly to this.

-B.

Chuck wrote:

"Waking up this morning was especially jarring for me,
so I brought this up with the sister. What kind of
physical damage does the process of waking up to an
alarm clock do to a person over the course of their life?"