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Can retirement kill you?



In 2003, Dr Harry Prosen stepped down as head of psychiatry at the Medical College of Wisconsin, but the then 71-year-old had no plans to retire. Rather, the doctor intended to focus on other “jobs” that would keep him busy.

It’s not just a love of working that has kept Prosen, now at 83, toiling away 30 hours a week as an octogenarian. He also sees keeping busy as a matter of life or death.

Prosen said he is certain that if he stopped working entirely, he would literally die not long after. In fact, a number of studies show that retirement is bad for your health.

A 2013 report, for instance, found that retirement increased the chances of suffering from depression by 40%, while it increased the probability of having at least one physical ailment by about 60%.

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It is possbible to infer that the main objective of the text is to:


show the negative points retirement causes to the economy of a country.


describe how Dr Harry Prosen has been living after he stopped working.


discuss the cases of retirees who were sent to hospital due to depression.


demonstrate the impact of retirement on both physical and mental health.


alert its readers for the diseases that appear on the first year of retirement.

Answer 1

demostrate the impact of retirement on both physical and mental health