Workaholic are at greater risk of depression, anxiety

                Workaholics may be more prone to psychiatric symptoms such as depression and anxiety, researchers, including one of Indian-origin have warned. For the study, scientists examined 16,426 working adults. Workaholic scored higher on all the psychiatric symptoms than non-workaholics. Among workaholics, 32.7% met attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) criteria compared to 12.7% among non-workaholics. More than 25% of workaholics met obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) criteria compared to almost 9% among non-workaholics.

                Almost 34% met anxiety criteria compared to 12% among non-workaholics, while almost 9% met depression criteria, which was 2.6% for non-workaholics. Whether this reflects overlapping genetic vulnerabilities, disorders leading to workaholism or, conversely, workaholism causing such disorders, remain uncertain.