'Burn-out' is officially recognized as a chronic condition: World Health Organization adds 'unmanaged work stress' to its list of diseases at annual summit
‘Burn-out’ is officially a disease, according to the World Health Organization.
The agency, currently holding the World Health Assembly in Geneva, added the condition to its catalog, the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), on Monday, a year after it was recommended by global health experts.
It will become globally recognized in 2022, giving healthcare providers and insurers precedent to acknowledge, treat and cover symptoms of ‘burn-out’.
The WHO describes burn-out as ‘chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed,’ along with three defining symptoms:
- feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion;
- increased mental distance from one’s job, or feelings of negativism or cynicism related to one’s job; and
- reduced professional efficacy
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