Those who worked 11 hours or more each day were between 2.3 and 2.5 times more likely to develop a major depressive episode than those who worked seven-to-eight-hour days. Researchers controlled for other factors, such as smoking, alcohol consumption, and general health。

"Long working hours don't just affect us because of the pressure and intensity of work itself, they affect us because we don't have enough time for all the other things we need for good mental health, such as good quality sleep, relationships, and opportunities for rest and exercise," Paul Farmer, chief executive of leading British mental health charity Mind, told WebMD. "Every time we squeeze more work in, many of us will be squeezing something else out。

While other studies have been done on work hours and depression, "results have not been conclusive because there is no standardized benchmark for what constitutes a 'normal' working day," reports WebMD。

A previous study by the same researchers, which also relied on the same database of London-based workers, found that overtime was linked with a 60 percent increase in coronary heart disease。

【每天工作超11小时更易患抑郁症】相关文章：

★ 再见北上广！2019年大学生就业报告发布，毕业生正流向二线城市

★ 关于樱花你可能不知道的10件事

★ 自己给自己的恩赐

★ 飞机抵达“目的地”，乘客全都傻眼了！BBC主持人笑岔气……

★ 回到上新世？气候变化或让南极洲变“绿洲”

★ 研究:男性比女性更易戒除烟瘾

★ 简历写作：万人之上的简历是如何炼成的

★ 别人否定你的时候更要相信自己

★ 寂寞的小袋熊缺少拥抱变抑郁

★ 北极熊大举入侵俄罗斯群岛 吓得当地居民不敢出门