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From Burnout to Occupational Depression

Recent Developments in Research on Job-Related Distress and Occupational Health

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ID22075463
AuthorsIrvin Sam Schonfeld (0000-0002-6182-894X, The Graduate Center, CUNY, corresponding author), Renzo Bianchi (0000-0003-2336-0407, University of Neuchâtel)
Year2021
Volume9
Pages796401-796401
Publication date2021-12-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
PublisherFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2021.796401
PMID34957039
OpenAlexW4200021918
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited45

Job-related distress has been a focal concern in occupational health science. Job-related distress has a well-documented health-damaging and life-threatening character, not to mention its economic cost. In this article, we review recent developments in research on job-related distress and examine ongoing changes in how job-related distress is conceptualized and assessed. By adopting an approach that is theoretically, empirically, and clinically informed, we demonstrate how the construct of burnout and its measures, long favored in research on job-related distress, have proved to be problematic. We underline a new recommendation for addressing job-related distress within the long-established framework of depression research. In so doing, we present the Occupational Depression Inventory, a recently developed instrument devised to assess depressive symptoms that individuals specifically attribute to their work. We close our paper by laying out the advantages of a paradigm shift from burnout to occupational depression

Burnout · Distress · Emotional exhaustion · Mental health · Occupational burnout · Occupational stress · Psychiatry · Applied Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Computer Science · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Medicine · Psychology · Stress and Burnout Research · Workplace Health and Well-being

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Citation span2022 - 2026 (5)
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