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'''Work aversion disorder''' (alt. work, workplace, aversion, employment aversion) is a psychological behavior, often part of an [[anxiety disorder]] or other mental disorder, in which the subject intentionally refuses to be gainfully employed at all, or works far less than is necessary in order to meet one's monetary needs.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Rosen P |title=Dumping or work aversion? |journal=J Emerg Med |volume=6 |issue=5 |pages=429–31 |year=1988 |pmid=3225456 }}</ref> It is not a [[disease]], but rather a [[symptom]] of one or more psychiatric disorders. It is estimated that about four to five million people in the [[United States]] may be suffering from some form of work aversion, though the exact number is not known.<ref>http://www.workaversion.org/</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Rosen P, Markovchick V, Wolfe R |title=Academic productivity or petulant work aversion? |journal=Ann Emerg Med |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=106–7 |year=1989 |month=Jan |pmid=2910150 |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0196-0644(89)80328-2}}</ref>