Burnout, Professional

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.

Year introduced: 1990 (1983)

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Tree Number(s): C24.580.500, F01.145.126.990.367.500, F02.830.900.333.500

MeSH Unique ID: D002055

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• Professional Burnout
• Occupational Burnout
• Burnout, Occupational
• Career Burnout
• Burnout, Career

Previous Indexing:

• Stress, Psychological (1969-1982)

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