title: [Depression and burnout].
abstract: Burnout is not a psychiatric diagnosis but a concept of the occupational psychology concerning the impact of working conditions on the psyche of affected persons. Burnout can be a mediator for clinical depression. Severe burnout fulfills mostly the criteria for an adjustment disorder. The treating physician is supposed to clarify the causes of a burnout. In addition to the causes related to working conditions, the role of certain personality traits should be elucidated. Psychological/psychotherapeutic approaches preferably focus on stress reduction. Empirical evidence for these approaches is rather weak.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik, Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik, Zürich.
authors.forename: Wulf
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rössler
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D058006:General Practice; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment
keywords: Anpassungsstörung; Arbeitsbedingungen; Burnout; Depression; adjustment disorder; burnout; depression; dépression; environnement de travail; trouble d'adaptation; working environment