Abstract
While burnout syndrome has been by now frequently studied and described in literature, it has not been recognized as mental illness until now. The International Classification of Diseases 11th revision (ICD-11) includes the burnout syndrome in the category of occupational mental disorders. The present article describes the phenomenology of the burnout syndrome in order to demonstrate the complexity and length of treatment. Evolution of burnout syndrome and its individual stages described by Herbert J. Freudenberger are presented together with the three key dimensions of burnout by Christine Maslach. The treatment of burnout syndrome is often a lengthy and complex process. To illustrate this phenomenon, the author refers to her personal therapeutic experience with a group of clients diagnosed with burnout syndrome and subsequently undergoing individual psychotherapy in the form of Existential Analysis. As a psychotherapy method, Existential Analysis by Alfried Längle, works with the concept of four personal motivations as preconditions of a fulfilling life. Burnout syndrome is in this context understood as a loss of sense in an activity resulting from a long-term exhaustion.
Highlights
The aim of this paper is to provide an insight into the origins of burnout syndrome and its phenomenology
The results indicate that responses to burnout in European Union (EU) member states can be found under different policy headings, such as stress at work, working hours and mental health in the workplace, while burnout may be included in national occupational safety and health strategies [12;1]
For the most part, individuals working for the European Commission (EC)
Summary
The aim of this paper is to provide an insight into the origins of burnout syndrome and its phenomenology. Burnout syndrome is a term associated primarily with activities and occupations which are challenging in terms of communication and require high levels of empathy and personal involvement. It can gradually develop in professions in which a person’s performance is subject to critical evaluation by others or where a person is exposed to chronic stress. Research over the past decades has shown that burnout has a multitude of negative health consequences for individuals, negative performance consequences for organizations and society at large [1;2]. There currently exists neither an officially accepted definition nor a valid instrument for the differential diagnosis of burnout syndrome [2;781]
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