# @science on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DP5_3D6DxHF
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/35760430-science-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-10-17T10:00:34.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Science 🧬 (@science) — https://gondola.cc/science

## Caption

In 2012, English researchers followed 2,123 civil servants for under 6 years, collected information about each subject’s work habits and lifestyle, and assessed each subject for clinical depression.⁠
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They found the following:⁠
- Subjects who worked 11 hours or more on an average day were between 2.3 and 2.5 times more likely to have had a major depressive episode than subjects who worked an average of 7 or 8 hours per day.⁠
- The increased risk for depression remained even after the researchers controlled for possible confounding variables, like social demographic factors, age, and alcohol and drug use.⁠
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Discussing why long hours might increase a person’s odds of depression, the researchers suggest that hard-driving workers might be more prone to stress-caused cortisol damage, might have more problems relaxing after work, and might experience more difficulties managing home and work responsibilities.⁠
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#overworked #tired #workinglonghours #working #work #burnedout #science

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