In its International Classification of Diseases (ICD), an international standard diagnostic tool which is widely used as basis for diagnosis and health insurers, the World Health Organization finally recognized burnout as a medical condition.
The decision, reached during the World Health Assembly in Geneva, which wraps up on Tuesday (May 28), could help put to rest decades of debate among experts over how to define burnout, and whether it should be considered a medical condition.
In the latest update of its catalogue of diseases and injuries around the world, WHO defines burn-out as "a syndrome conceptualised as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed".
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Guess so. I remember sitting in my last summer school health class and thinking I can't do this anymore. Lucky for me I was able to retire from teaching tht year using the early retirement plan that was available.
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