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Tennessee Williams once wrote: “You can be young without money, but you can’t be old without it.”

Young adults in this country are taking this advice seriously, perhaps too much so, with 90% of those between 18 and 24 feeling overwhelmingly stressed about their future — and finances and work life are at the top of their list of stressors.

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The Sun Life Canadian Health Index survey compiled by Ipsos Reid seeks to measure our attitudes towards healthy lifestyles. Sun Life released its third annual index his week, showing the impact the global financial crisis appears to be having on the mental health of this country’s young people.

“This finding is consistent with what we are seeing in our disability claims business — Canadians age 30 and under, 40% of their long term disability claims relate to mental health,” says Kevin Dougherty, president of Sun Life Financial Canada.

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Perhaps it’s not surprising that this group is so stressed about money. The past five years has been a period during which they’ve likely seen their parents worrying about money quite a bit as well, a period that coincides with their graduation into financial adulthood.