Burnout

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• 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 should be 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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