Work Stress & Depression
Work-Related Stress and Depressive Disorders

Work and family are the two domains from which most adults derive satisfaction in life; equally they are the common sources of stressful experiences. The working environment continues to change with globalisation of the world economy and economic rationalisation driving job restructuring, greater part-time and contract work, and greater workload demands that commonly occur in a context of higher job insecurity. There is thus not an unreasonable perception in the community that work is increasingly the source of much of our stress and distress.

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References

Tennant, C.
Work-Related Stress and Depressive Disorders
Journal of Psychosomatic Research (2001). 697–704