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Riverside County Family Child Care Association>
Child care workers-highest for depression
October 17, 2007
WASHINGTON -- Child- care workers, home health care aides
and other people who provide personal services have the
highest rates of depression among U.S. workers, according
to a new survey to be published today.
It found that 10.8% of personal care and service workers
and 10.3% of food preparation and serving workers - both
usually low-paying jobs - experienced one or more major
depressive episodes in the past year.
The least depressing careers appear to lie in architecture,
engineering, the sciences and in the installation,
maintenance and repair fields, the survey from the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
found.
"Combined data from 2004 to 2006 indicate that an annual
average of seven percent of full-time workers aged 18 to 64
experienced a major depressive episode in the past year,"
the report reads.
A major depressive epidisode is defined as "a period of two
weeks or longer during which there is depressed mood or
loss of interest or pleasure, and at least four other
symptoms that reflect a change in functioning, such as
problems with sleep, eating, energy, concentration and
self-image."
SAMHSA used data from the National Survey of Drug Use,
which involved interviews of more than 60,000 people.
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