Overwork and Exploitation Linked to Psychological Distress
Overwork and Exploitation Linked to Psychological Distress Researchers connect economic exploitation, overwork, and wage theft to increased rates of mental disorders. A new study, published in the Journal of Epidemiology, links exploitation to mental illness. The authors, Seth Prins and colleagues at the Columbia University in New York City, go beyond the link between socioeconomic status and mental disorder to investigate the role of abusive power dynamics fostered by an economic system that enables overwork and wage theft. “Focusing on exploitation rather than its consequences (e.g., so...
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