Youth Ability in Skilled Trades: National

Anxiety in the Workplace

• Anxiety disorders are the most common of all mental health problems.

 

• It is estimated that they affect approximately 1 in 10 people.

 

• 1 in 5 (20%) of working women have been diagnosed or show symptoms of anxiety or depression.

 

• They are more common among women then men, and they affect children as well as adults.

 

• The symptoms of anxiety or depression can represent many barriers to achieving success in the workplace (Depression and Anxiety among Canadian Women in the Workplace).

 

• The symptoms of anxiety are seen as greater barriers to success in the workplace for women versus traditional barriers.

 

• Pregnancy 23% vs. 71% for anxiety

 

• Raising children 44% vs. 49% for anxiety

 

• Sexism 37% vs. 54% for anxiety

 

• Caring for the elderly 39% vs. 51% for anxiety (Depression and Anxiety among Canadian Women in the Workplace).

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