Women bear the brunt of unpaid labour — and it may be affecting their mental health.

Four of these studies also looked at childcare as a separate element of unpaid labour, but only one of these reported a link between increased childcare and poorer mental health (none reported a similar link in men). Women bear the brunt of unpaid labour - and it may be affecting their mental health The paper included studies that measured mental health outcomes in terms of either participants' symptoms or formal diagnoses, though studies with stress as their main outcome were excluded (although stress is linked to poor mental health, it is not considered a diagnosis in and of itself.). [Extracted from the article]