It has been uncovered by a report recently that people who tend to work in offices for a time period of minimum 11 hours or more are at an increased risk of being a patient of severe depression. As per experts, depression is more likely to be caused in those who work for long equal to 11 hours in a day.

A research was conducted by several teams of analysts at the Queen Mary's of the McGill University in Canada, University of London, the University of Bristol, University College of London and the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health. Their research has led them to conclude that people who worked for 11 hours or more were at greater risk equivalent to 2.5 times more risk as compared to those who worked for eight hours in a day.

The teams carried out a research testing the relationship between working hours of people and depressive symptoms in them. They enrolled around two thousand of UK civil servants and examined different factors, including socio-demographic factors, degree of work stress, health-related behaviours and physical health that could be the possible reasons for depression. It was then found by the researchers that civil servants who were working for 11 hours a day were more at risk of suffering from depression.

"Long working hours don't just affect us because of the pressure and intensity of work itself, they affect us because we don't have enough time for all the other things we need for good mental health", remarked Paul Farmer, Chief Executive of leading British mental health charity Mind.

The report further finds that though, the relationship of long working hours with increased risk of depression is not acceptable. Thus, a detailed research yet needs to be conducted to make sure that reduction in employee's working hours proves an effective measure for cutting the risk of depression.