Furthermore, there are statistics prove that people that work in the entertainment industry tend to have a higher risk in mental illness. According to a report by Victoria University in Australia, the report identified performing artists, performing arts support workers and broadcast, film and recording media operators. The report reveals that these workers suffer from the effects of uncertain employment, low pay, always shift work and the need to be willing and able to work and under all conditions. The sectorΒs employees have three times the level of sleep disorders than the general population. This causes serious flow-on effects on their relationships with family and friends. Arts workers also experience symptoms of anxiety ten-times higher than the general population, and depression symptoms five-times higher. They have higher rates of suicidal ideation, planning and attempts than the general population, and their use and misuse of drugs and alcohol are significantly greater.
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ing to Cal Strode from the Mental Health Foundation, the environment in the entertainment area can affect workers mental health and wellbeing, with insecure contracts, low rate of pay and anti-social working hours. In some condition, performing artists are often asked to work without being paid. Therefore, it is hard to maintain a healthy sense of self when a person is not satisfied with their work. According to Malcolm Sinclair, actor and president of Equity, mental illness has become an issue to the workers in the entertainment industry as the workers often suffer from the stress of short-term contracts and irregular work time. An Australia Council report released in 200 found more than half the countrys artists were making less than $0,000 a year from their creative pursuits, no matter of the time they put in. The hours they sacrificed for their work has put them into a higher risk of getting obesity and cardiovascular disease through to sleep problems and other mental health problems.