If your summer holiday already feels like a distant memory, you're not alone. Burnout—a state of emotional, physical and mental exhaustion following prolonged stress—has been described in workplaces ...

Modern work culture praises hustle. Long hours look like ambition. Skipped holidays feel normal. But somewhere between targets and team calls, many professionals begin to feel drained, detached, and ...

The well-being of doctors is under significant strain, with acute and chronic stress, psychological trauma, ethical dilemmas, and negative experiences contributing to burnout and depression. This ...

If your social circle is anything like mine, you might have heard this argument too many times: Someone—perhaps uncle Leo—would say, “Burnout is just depression with a laptop.” Others would jump in ...

Burnout is having strong impacts on physicians in many specialties — and is hitting female doctors particularly hard. Meanwhile, about 1 in 5 physicians say they experience depression. Half the ...

In All in her Head: How Gender Bias Harms Women’s Mental Health, science writer Misty Pratt explores why women are twice as likely to be diagnosed with mood disorders than men. The post For Women, ...

Burnout is everywhere — in resignation letters, therapy sessions and late-night emails. Yet the debate over what it is reveals a bigger question: Should workplaces bear responsibility for the damage ...

Workplaces have unachievable deadlines, demanding schedules, and extreme pressure, making professionals put off self-care and ...

Being a high-functioning person can often feel like invincibility. Here are three symptoms that prove even the most productive ones aren’t immune to burnout. High-functioning people often look like ...

Burnout also might be a narrow form of depression, a precursor to or cause of depression, the result of depression, or "Yes, all of the above." As with much of life and its causal dynamics, there's ...