Psychiatry and Psychology

Psychological Burnout

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

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

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14 entry terms
  • Burn-out
  • Burn-out Syndrome
  • Burnout
  • Burnout Syndrome
  • Burnout, Psychological
  • Psychological Burn-out
  • Burn out
  • Burn out Syndrome
  • Burn-out, Psychological
  • Psychological Burn out
  • Burnout, School
  • Burnout, Student
  • School Burnout
  • Student Burnout

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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

2019

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  • Burnout, Professional (1983-2018)
  • Stress, Psychological (1977-2018)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Psychological Burnout. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000077062. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000077062
  2. Psychological Burnout. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112682357