Burnout has become a common indicator of the distress that people can experience in the workplace. In Breaking Point: Job Stress, Job Depression, and the Myth of Burnout, the authors, drawing on more than a decade of research, show how the phenomenon hidden behind the label of burnout is actually a depressive phenomenon.
The book exposes the connection between work, depression, and burnout. The authors highlight the dangers of mislabeling a depressive state as burnout, including misdiagnosis, inadequate treatment, and failure to address suicide. Ultimately, they offer a path forward for individuals and society. By recognizing the roots of burnout depression, human resources and occupational health professionals can refer employees for appropriate treatment and understand how and why problematic work conditions need to change.
Review the history of depression and burnout and their relationship to work
Learn about research that supports job depression as a more valuable construct than burnout
Understand and address the social stigma that prevents injured workers from seeking medical attention
Discover specific, research-based actions that occupational health professionals can take to prevent and address depression and burnout in the workplace
