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. 2021 Dec;29(6):625-627.
doi: 10.1177/10398562211037332. Epub 2021 Aug 30.

Burnout: modeling, measuring, and managing

Gordon Parker  1   1 , Gabriela Tavella  1
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Burnout: modeling, measuring, and managing

Gordon Parker et al. Australas Psychiatry. 2021 Dec.

Abstract

Objective: As burnout has been neglected in medical and psychiatric education, we seek to provide a summary overview.

Methods: We extract salient findings from the published literature and offer some challenges.

Results: We critique the current principal model of burnout, argue for broadening the symptom constructs and for a diathesis-stress model where a perfectionistic personality style is a key predisposing factor, and observe that burnout is not limited by those in formal work. We argue that burnout is not synonymous with depression, overview biological underpinnings, and summarise a three-fold management model.

Conclusion: As many burnout patients are referred to psychiatrists, awareness of its symptom pattern and management nuances is of key importance.

Keywords: burnout; depression; diagnosis; diathesis-stress; perfectionism.

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