7 Ways Recessions Impact Your Health

Everyone knows about the financial burdens of the recession – lost income, layoffs, and depleted investment portfolios – and the people suffering from them. What has not been discussed so often are the health burdens increasingly falling on those very same people. Imagine how terrible it must be to become depressed, be unable to sleep at night, or even suffer a heart attack on top of losing your job or life savings. Tragically, we don’t have to imagine it – these and other health problems are plaguing recession victims every day. Here are seven of the most serious and well-documented health-related implications.

(more…)