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.
    

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Burnout : the cost of caring / Christina Maslach ; prologue by Philip G. Zimbardo.

Life after sex work / a zine by Aitch Elle.

Long walk out of the woods : a physician's story of addiction, depression, hope, and recovery / Adam B. Hill.

Breakdown and repair : a father's tale of stress and success / Mark Simmonds ; illustrated by Lucy Streule.

The burnout society / Byung-Chul Han ; translated by Erik Butler.

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Burnout, Professional

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Burnout : the cost of caring / Christina Maslach ; prologue by Philip G. Zimbardo.

Life after sex work / a zine by Aitch Elle.

Long walk out of the woods : a physician's story of addiction, depression, hope, and recovery / Adam B. Hill.

Breakdown and repair : a father's tale of stress and success / Mark Simmonds ; illustrated by Lucy Streule.

The burnout society / Byung-Chul Han ; translated by Erik Butler.