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67% suffer from mental health problems
TEACHERS are suffering a “frightening and disturbing” catalogue of mental health problems because of their work, NASUWT conference heard yesterday.
The results of a survey carried out by the teaching union revealed that 67 per cent of teachers say their job had adversely affected their mental health in the last year.
A huge 78 per cent of teachers reported experiencing work-related anxiousness, 84 per cent sleeplessness and 33 per cent poor health.
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