title: ["Burnout"--is it a disease or rather a consequence of (work-) stress?].
abstract: Burnout is a work related health impairment comprising three dimensions: emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and reduced personal accomplishment. Not least because of the highly frequented term "burnout" within the German speaking area, there is a rising interest in the connection of work related stress and psychological and somatic complaints. Burnout is not a disease in the proper sense but a physiological construct. Coherence between work related stress and the development of psychological and somatic diseases has been proven by many studies. However burnout requires a differential diagnostic categorisation. Therapeutic procedures and prevention measures should be initiated based on the forms and categorisation of work related stress.
authors.affiliation: Klinik Innere Medizin, Schwerpunkt Pneumologie, Intensiv- und Schlafmedizin, Philipps-Universität Marburg.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Koehler
authors.affiliation: Frankfurt School of Finance and Management Frankfurt/Main.
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Koehler
mesh_terms: D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D062069:Inventions; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009786:Occupational Health Services; D010819:Physician's Role; D012307:Risk Factors; D018582:Sick Leave / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012922:Social Change; D012945:Social Values; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology