Burned out? You’re not alone. And the world is finally paying attention
Five ways to combat burnout
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Janna Koretz saw a
number of her classmates from Cornell University go on to “big jobs”
after they graduated, only to burn out quickly from the intensity of the
work. So Koretz, a clinical psychologist, decided to open a practice in
Boston that addressed their needs. Nearly six years later, her
business, Azimuth Psychological, focuses exclusively on people in
high-pressure careers, and she can’t hire therapists fast enough. “It’s
just sort of blown up,” she said.
As our jobs become
all-consuming, with employees answering e-mails around the clock and
companies trying to squeeze higher profits out of fewer people, more
attention is being paid to the effect all of this is having on workers’
psyches.
In May, the World Health Organization announced that it is
developing guidelines on mental well-being in the workplace and
unveiled an expanded definition of “burnout,”
based on new research in its International Classification of Diseases.
Burnout is a syndrome resulting from “chronic workplace stress that has
not been successfully managed,” according to WHO’s description,
characterized by feelings of exhaustion, reduced effectiveness, and
negative or disconnected feelings toward one’s job.
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