The researcher noted these rates of mental illness among miners in Virginia "far exceeded those documented in coal mining populations internationally." (Credit: Rasta777/Shutterstock.com)
As the business world increasingly recognizes mental health as critical to an employee's overall health, research shows more than one-third of coal miners, both current and former ones diagnosed with black lung, are struggling with depression, the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine reported. Further, more than 1-in-10 have recently considered suicide.
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