Burnout and working life

作者：Siegrist Johannes^*

来源：Psychotherapeut, 2013, 58(2): 110-+.

DOI：10.1007/s00278-013-0963-y

• Occupational health
• Occupational safety
• Models, statistical
• Stress, psychological
• Depression

Burnout and working life is a topical theme. This article demonstrates which aspects of modern working life contribute towards deterioration of mental health. Based on two stress-theoretical models, demand-control and effort-reward imbalance, a short review of epidemiological findings is given which documents significantly elevated risks of stress-related disorders, mainly depression, among exposed people. Symptoms of burnout often manifest as precursors of clinical diseases. Findings from experimental and quasi-experimental studies exploring psychobiological pathways from work stress to stress-related disorders support available epidemiological evidence. Finally, implications of this new knowledge for prevention and intervention are briefly discussed. At a more general level it is concluded that economic and societal life should strive towards strengthening distributive justice and trusting cooperation at the expense of the still powerful principle of selfishness.

• 出版日期2013-3