Diseases

Professional Burnout

An excessive stress reaction to one's occupational or professional environment. It may be characterized by feelings of emotional and physical exhaustion, coupled with a sense of frustration and failure.

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Abstract

An excessive stress reaction to one's occupational or professional environment. It may be characterized by feelings of emotional and physical exhaustion, coupled with a sense of frustration and failure.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Burnout, Professional
  • Career Burnout
  • Occupational Burnout
  • Burnout, Career
  • Burnout, Occupational

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Aspects Covered

31 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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History Note

1990 (1983); use STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL 1983-1989

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Previous Indexing

  • Stress, Psychological (1969-1982)

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  1. C24w.580w.500w
  2. F01.145.126.990w.367.500w
  3. F02w.830w.900w.333.500w

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NLM Classification

WA 495

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Professional Burnout. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002055. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002055
  2. Professional Burnout. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupational_burnout
  3. Professional Burnout. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q327988