Home Health Revealed: The mental illness you are most likely to have, depending on your job, finds intriguing analysis

Revealed: The mental illness you are most likely to have, depending on your job, finds intriguing analysis

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This graph, taken from the study, shows how genetic predispositions to mental health problems were more likely to appear in certain professions. A red to pink shade in a box indicated that predispositions were more likely, while cooler blue tones meant it was less likely. The authors considered squares with asterisks to be statistically significant.

Your career choice could indicate your risk of a range of mental conditions, a fascinating study suggests.

Scientists who examined data from more than 400,000 Britons and Americans found a link between genes that increase the risk of disorders such as ADHD, autism, depression and schizophrenia and their work.

They suggested that these peculiarities could push some people to follow certain career paths.

Those working in arts and design were the most likely to have a genetic predisposition to mental illnesses in general, including anorexia, bipolar disorder, autism, schizophrenia and depression.

People who worked with computers were more likely to be genetically predisposed to autism and were less vulnerable to depression and ADHD.

Teachers were more likely to have signs of anorexia and ADHD, compared to the other 21 professional categories studied.

People who worked in social work were more likely to have genetic traits of depression, and farmers, fishermen, and loggers were more likely to have ADHD.

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder was the condition most frequently related to professions with higher odds among cleaners, chefs and waiters, factory workers, construction workers, police officers, those who work in transport such as bus drivers and hairdressers.

This graph, taken from the study, shows how genetic predispositions to mental health problems were more likely to appear in certain professions. A red to pink shade in a box indicated that predispositions were more likely, while cooler blue tones meant it was less likely. The authors considered squares with asterisks to be statistically significant.

However, the researchers said that while the findings were statistically significant, the actual effect that these genetic predispositions had on a person’s career choice was quite small.

They estimated that these genetic quirks represented only about 0.5 percent of what might influence someone to enter a particular industry.

Instead, factors such as age, sex and education were much more dominant forces.

The authors, who published their findings in the journal Nature Human BehaviorThey set out to discover whether genetic variations that increase the risk of disorders could have certain benefits in some careers.

The study’s lead author, Georgios Voloudakis, a doctor specializing in psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, told the website Medical Xpress: ‘We were inspired to examine whether certain genetic variants that increase the risk of developing these disorders might also offer potential benefits in specific contexts, a “trade-off” that could help explain why these common variants persist in populations.’

The researchers also found that those with certain genetic predispositions were less likely to go into certain industries.

The evidence for this was particularly strong for people with a genetic inclination towards ADHD who were less likely to end up being architects, working in technology, business, education, law or healthcare.

Another finding of the study was that people with certain genetic predispositions were less likely to go into certain industries.

Another finding of the study was that people with certain genetic predispositions were less likely to go into certain industries.

Dr. Voloudakis said this was not necessarily a sign that people had consciously avoided this career path, but rather that people with a genetic predisposition to ADHD may have had difficulty in school.

“This implies that systemic biases in education may disproportionately affect people with a greater genetic predisposition to ADHD, even if they never receive an actual diagnosis,” he said.

However, he added: “These findings do not mean that we can predict a person’s job based on their genetics.” Rather, they highlight subtle trends at the group level. On average, people with a higher (predisposition) to certain traits might be slightly more likely to end up in certain jobs.’

The researchers plan to continue their research and examine other characteristics that can be explained by these genetic traits.

Having a genetic predisposition to a mental health condition such as depression, ADHD or autism, which research suggests can be hereditary, does not guarantee that a person will experience it in their lives.

While some conditions with a genetic link, such as autism, exist from birth, others, such as major depression, are thought to only arise through a combination of triggers, such as life events.

The study looked at 421,899 people in total who came from a pool of people who participated in long-running American and British studies.

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