Stressed out?
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- November
- 16
Why do Americans feel so stressed?
Here are the answers given in a survey released today by the “National Mental Health Association,”:www.nmha.org now called Mental Health America.
At the top of the list? Finances. Forty-eight percent cite money as a cause.
Next, health. Thirty-four percent. (Of course the worry doesn’t help.)
Third. Employment, either on-the-job problems if you’ve got one or lack of work if you don’t.
Forty percent of parents say they are frazzled and point to family relationships, work or finances.
Among various ethnic groups, Latinos are the most likely to single out employment. For Native and African Americans, it’s finances.
And people with mental illnesses are more likely to feel stressed than those without.
What helps? A college degree. Americans with a college degree are less stressed overall.
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