Research has found the midlife crisis may be real, and the consequences of peaking stress should be of concern to policy makers.
Stress was found to peak for people going through their 40s to 50s, with the "maximum level of work stress" reached at around the age of 45. To reach this conclusion, researchers looked at health records including hospital admissions for sleep disorder and people at risk of suicide in affluent countries.
They found people in midlife - typically in their 40s and 50s - were at higher risk of poor mental health.
