Editing Slaughterhouse (section)

===Psychological impact===

{{Cquote|The worst thing, worse than the physical danger, is the emotional toll. If you work in the stick pit [where hogs are killed] for any period of time{{snd}}that lets you kill things but doesn't let you care. You may look a hog in the eye that's walking around in the blood pit with you and think, "God, that really isn't a bad looking animal." You may want to pet it. Pigs down on the kill floor have come up to nuzzle me like a puppy. Two minutes later I had to kill them{{snd}}beat them to death with a pipe. I can't care.
|author=Gail A. Eisnitz
|source=<ref>{{cite book |last=Eisnitz |first=Gail A. |title=Slaughterhouse: : The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, And Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.S. Meat Industry |publisher=Prometheus Books |date=1997}}</ref>
}}

Slaughterhouse workers have a higher prevalence rate of mental health distress, including [[anxiety]], detachment, [[Depression (mood)|depression]], [[emotional numbing]], [[perpetrator trauma]], [[psychosocial distress]], and [[Post-traumatic stress disorder|PTSD]], violence-supportive attitudes, and an increased crime levels. Slaughterhouse workers have adaptive and maladaptive strategies to cope with the workplace environment and associated stressors.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Slade |first1=Jessica |last2=Alleyne |first2=Emma |author-link2=Emma Alleyne |date=April 2023 |title=The Psychological Impact of Slaughterhouse Employment: A Systematic Literature Review |journal=Trauma, Violence, & Abuse |volume=24 |issue=2 |pages=429–440 |doi=10.1177/15248380211030243 |pmc=10009492 |pmid=34231439}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Leibler |first1=JH |last2=Janulewicz |first2=PA |last3=Perry |first3=MJ |title=Prevalence of serious psychological distress among slaughterhouse workers at a United States beef packing plant. |journal=Work (Reading, Mass.) |date=2017 |volume=57 |issue=1 |pages=105–109 |doi=10.3233/WOR-172543 |pmid=28506017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Confessions of a slaughterhouse worker |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-50986683 |access-date=2 May 2024 |date=4 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Psychological Distress Among Slaughterhouse Workers Warrants Further Study |url=https://www.bu.edu/sph/news/articles/2017/psychological-distress-among-slaughterhouse-workers-warrants-further-study/ |access-date=2 May 2024 |work=Boston University}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Versloot |first1=Annelotte H.C. |last2=Jackson |first2=Jennie A. |last3=van Rijn |first3=Rogier M. |last4=Elbers |first4=Roy G. |last5=Søgaard |first5=Karen |last6=Macri |first6=Erin M. |last7=Koes |first7=Bart |last8=Burdorf |first8=Alex |last9=Chiarotto |first9=Alessandro |last10=Gerger |first10=Heike |title=Physical and psychosocial work-related exposures and the occurrence of disorders of the shoulder: A systematic review update |journal=Applied Ergonomics |date=July 2024 |volume=118 |pages=104277 |doi=10.1016/j.apergo.2024.104277|pmid=38579494 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=MacNair |first1=Rachel |title=How Should Clinicians Respond to Patients Experiencing Ongoing Present Traumatic Stress of Industrial Meat Production? |journal=AMA Journal of Ethics |date=1 April 2023 |volume=25 |issue=4 |pages=E251–255 |doi=10.1001/amajethics.2023.251 |pmid=37014719 |url=https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/how-should-clinicians-respond-patients-experiencing-ongoing-present-traumatic-stress-industrial-meat/2023-04 |access-date=2 May 2024|doi-access=free }}</ref>

Working at slaughterhouses often leads to a high amount of psychological trauma.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://yaleglobalhealthreview.com/2016/01/25/a-call-to-action-psychological-harm-in-slaughterhouse-workers/ |title=A Call to Action: Psychological Harm in Slaughterhouse Workers |last=Lebwohl  |first=Michael |date=25 January 2016 |website=The Yale Global Health Review |access-date=23 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://metro.co.uk/2017/12/31/how-killing-animals-everyday-leaves-slaughterhouse-workers-traumatised-7175087/ |title=The harrowing psychological toll of slaughterhouse work |last=Nagesh  |first=Ashitha |date=31 December 2017 |website=Metro |access-date=23 May 2019}}</ref> A 2016 study in ''Organization'' indicates, "Regression analyses of data from 10,605 Danish workers across 44 occupations suggest that slaughterhouse workers consistently experience lower physical and psychological well-being along with increased incidences of negative coping behavior."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Baran |first1=B. E. |last2=Rogelberg |first2=S. G. |last3=Clausen |first3=T |date=2016 |title=Routinized killing of animals: Going beyond dirty work and prestige to understand the well-being of slaughterhouse workers |journal=Organization |volume=23 |issue=3 |pages=351–69 |doi=10.1177/1350508416629456 |s2cid=148368906 }}</ref> A 2009 study by criminologist Amy Fitzgerald indicates, "slaughterhouse employment increases total arrest rates, arrests for violent crimes, arrests for rape, and arrests for other sex offenses in comparison with other industries."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Fitzgerald |first1=A. J. |last2=Kalof |first2=L. |date=2009 |title=Slaughterhouses and Increased Crime Rates: An Empirical Analysis of the Spillover From "The Jungle" Into the Surrounding Community  |journal=Organization & Environment |volume=22 |issue=2 |pages=158–84 |doi=10.1177/1350508416629456 |s2cid=148368906 |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1086026609338164 }}</ref> As authors from the PTSD Journal explain, "These employees are hired to kill animals, such as pigs and cows that are largely gentle creatures. Carrying out this action requires workers to disconnect from what they are doing and from the creature standing before them. This emotional dissonance can lead to consequences such as domestic violence, social withdrawal, anxiety, drug and alcohol abuse, and PTSD."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ptsdjournal.com/posts/the-psychological-damage-of-slaughterhouse-work/ |title=The Psychological Damage of Slaughterhouse Work |website=PTSDJournal |access-date=23 May 2019 }}</ref>