Burnout
EBM Guidelines
Jun 15, 2020 • Latest change Jan 13, 2023
Table of contents
Extract
- Burnout is not an illness but a syndrome. It should not be medicalized.
- The three key features of burnout are
- intense, overwhelming fatigue
- cynical relationship to work
- diminished professional self-esteem.
- Depression and burnout overlap. Burnout may be a precipitating factor in the development depression. Depression is actively treated as in other cases Planning the treatment of patients with depression1. Fatigue may be the symptom of a somatic disease Fatigue2.
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