Burnout among Academics
Mind Your Own Revisions
English - July 26, 2021 17:35 - 18 minutes - 41.4 MBMental Health Health & Fitness Education Self-Improvement self-care academia mental health burnout self-help university academics researchers depression anxiety Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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This episode is all about the (occupational) burnout syndrome.
We hear the term burnout everywhere - so much so that it has become a sort of a buzzword... Though many of us don’t even know what “burnout” means.
In this episode, I give the scientific definition of burnout along with its signs and symptoms.
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Cited in this episode:
Schaufeli, W.B., De Witte, H. & Desart, S. (2019). Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT) – Test Manual. KU Leuven, Belgium. More info at https://burnoutassessmenttool.be/project_eng/See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.