Problem
Occupational burnout
Other Names:
Professional burnoutCompassion syndrome
Nature:
People, especially professionals engaged in work demanding extensive personal commitment, are vulnerable to a complex syndrome characterized by: extreme fatigue, depression, psychosomatic illnesses, substance abuse, apathy, resignation and defensiveness. Symptoms of burnout include feelings of exhaustion, cynicism about one's job and difficulty doing the job successfully.
Incidence:
A 2018 survey found nearly one in four employees feels burned out always or often, with another 44 percent saying they feel burned out "sometimes."
Whilst characteristic of extreme forms of executive stress amongst business executives faced with conditions of rivalry and competition, it appears in a different light in the case of people in the caring professions (health, social services, psychotherapy, relief).
Narrower Problems:
Survivor sicknessWriter's block Aggravates:
Compassion fatigue References:
Rediger, G Lloyd: Coping with Clergy BurnoutBordsky, A and Edelwich, J: Burn-Out: stages of disillusionment in the helping professions Subject(s):
Medicine → PathologyPsychology → Stress
Social Activity → Professions
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
03.02.2021 – 17:43 CET