Heart Disease, Diabetes, Depression Can Result From Losing Your Job
The Cleveland job market has not been kind to Karen Gaebelein, 56, and her health has suffered because of it.
"I lost my first job because the position was eliminated" in August 2008, said Gaebelein, from Broadview Heights, Ohio, who worked as a manager at two credit union offices.
"I've always been an emotional person but I noticed myself getting sadder," she said.
Gaebelein was diagnosed with depression. Her diagnosis is only one of the many health problems that can arise after losing a job, according to new research.
"Jobs are so fundamental to who you are and where you fall into society," said Kate Strully, an assistant professor in sociology at the State University of New York at Albany and the author of a new study. "In looking at what happens to people after they lose such a big component of their class position and social identity ... [the study asked] did they lose their job because they were sick or did they get sick because they lost their job?" Read more...
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