Should Burnout Be Conceptualized as a Mental Disorder?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Burnout: A Brief Introduction
2.1. History
2.2. Theory
2.3. Predictors
2.4. Consequences
3. Burnout Measurement
4. Evidence against the Distinctive Nature of Burnout
4.1. Conceptual Issues
4.2. Burnout as a Work-Specific Phenomenon
4.3. Overlap between Burnout and Depression
5. Evidence Supporting the Distinctive Nature of Burnout
6. Burnout as a Diagnostic Category
6.1. Primary Classification Systems
6.2. Evaluation and Future Directions
7. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Nadon, L.; De Beer, L.T.; Morin, A.J.S. Should Burnout Be Conceptualized as a Mental Disorder? Behav. Sci. 2022, 12, 82. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs12030082
Nadon L, De Beer LT, Morin AJS. Should Burnout Be Conceptualized as a Mental Disorder? Behavioral Sciences. 2022; 12(3):82. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs12030082
Chicago/Turabian StyleNadon, Lindsey, Leon T. De Beer, and Alexandre J. S. Morin. 2022. "Should Burnout Be Conceptualized as a Mental Disorder?" Behavioral Sciences 12, no. 3: 82. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs12030082