WILMINGTON, Ohio -- Mental health professionals say stress related to layoffs in southwest Ohio's Clinton County is hitting women especially hard because they tend to be the family caretakers. Tearful breakdowns and marathon sleeping sessions are signs of the stress. Nearly two-thirds of 617 Clinton County women surveyed by the American Psychiatric Association in March said the economy has had a negative impact on their mental health. That compared with a little over half of women polled nationwide.
While many small American communities are reeling from job losses in the recession, few small communities have been hit like Wilmington, a city of 12,000 about 30 miles southeast of Dayton. Only about 3,300 of the 8,000 jobs at Wilmington Air Park remain from a year ago when delivery company DHL Express announced it was pulling out.
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