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After Susan Joyce was laid off from Digital Equipment Corp., she was horrified to hear of two suicides in her layoff group. Such cases may sound (62) , but being fired or laid off is undeniably one of life’s biggest blows and can lead to clinical depression, violence and alcohol (63) , and so forth. Even the fear of losing a job (64) more doctor visits and health worries. (65) , the recent news about rising unemployment and job insecurity may be bad news for our health.
Layoffs create a sense of hopelessness. Stress-related complaints such as insomnia (失眠) and headaches tend to follow, (66) even after victims find new jobs, says University of Michigan psychologist Richard Price.
Your health can (67) simply from fear of losing your job, says Sarah Burgard, a sociologist at the University of Michigan. After (68) data from two large national storeys, she concluded that (69) job insecurity over a two-year period rivals the anxiety of a job loss or a major illness. Fears of poor job (70) may have similar corsequences. When Swedish researchers asked 21-year-olds about their health during a recession, they (71) more problems than a comparison group during a (72) .
If your stomach starts churning (翻腾) when you hear bad economic news, Susan Joyce, who now runs a jobhunting Website, has some (73) . Start a discreet search as soon as you see danger signs in your current (74) Prepare financially by cutting costs and building (75) disaster funds. Get help if you or a loved one can’t shake the blues. Watch for signs of depression: changes in eating and sleeping habits, (76) changes in weight, loss of interest in some pleasures. (77) , if possible, make health insurance a priority, as you may be more (78) to illness.
Gloomy forecasts aside, there can be health (79) during tough times. Ralph Catalano, a professor of public health at the University of California, Berkeley, points out that some people seek help for (80) medical problems and cut back on risky behaviors (81) problem drinking in order to stay employed or make themselves more employable.
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