One-third of Americans are living with extreme stress

Thursday, October 25, 2007

One-third of Americans are living with extreme stress and nearly half of Americans (48 percent) believe that their stress has increased over the past five years, according to a survey released by the American Psychological Association.

The national survey also found that stress is taking a toll on people — contributing to health problems, poor relationships and lost productivity at work.

Money and work are the leading causes of stress for 75 percent of Americans, a dramatic increase over the 59 percent reporting the same sources of stress in 2006.

The Stress in America survey is part of APA's Mind/Body Health Public Education Campaign.

Fifty-one percent of Americans blame "the housing crisis" as a leading cause of stress, citing high rent or mortgage costs as sources of this stress.

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