What is Burnout?
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Burnout Resources
Burnout Basics
The Greater Good Science Center at UCB: Where to Start If You Feel Burned Out at Work
Harvard Business Review: A Two-Minute Burnout Checkup
Science News, February 2023: Lots of people feel burned out. But what is burnout exactly?
Burnout and Work Context
PositivePsychology.com, April 2023: Understanding Therapist Burnout: 12 Symptoms & Recovery Tips
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA), October 2022: Addressing Burnout in Higher Education
Faculty Burnout, The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 2022: You’ve Burned Out. Now What?
Forbes, August 2022: The Root Cause of Diversity, Equity And Inclusion Burnout, And How to Fight It
Berkeley Extension: Mental Health Resources to Help Prevent Creative and Professional Burnout
Forbes, February 2023: New Outlook On Burnout For 2023: Limitations On What Managers Can Do
American Council on Education (ACE), 2022: Addressing Burnout Through Cultural Change
Burnout and Intersectionality
Sheri Byrne-Haber’s Blog, December 2019: Disability Burnout is Real
The MIGHTY, April 2023: What Millennial Burnout Feels Like When You Have a Disability
CNBC make it, March 2023: Burnout is on the rise worldwide—and Gen Z, young millennials and women are the most stressed
Forbes, May 2022: Dr. Raquel Martin Talks Race-Related Stress And Why Burnout Must Be Treated As A Systemic Issue
Forbes, October 2022: How Companies Can Tackle The Gender Burnout Gap
Neurodivergent Insights by Dr. Neff, 2023: Autism and ADHD Burnout Recovery
The Ohio State University, 2022: Working Parent Burnout
U.S. News & World Report By HealthDay, March 2023: Dealing With Caregiver Stress & Burnout: A Guide
YouTube Videos
Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski, June 2021: The cure for burnout (hint: it isn't self-care) | TED Talk
Jessica McCabe, How to ADHD, September 2021: What Does It Mean to Have "Burnout"?
SDS 622, October 2022: Burnout: Causes and Solutions — with Christina Maslach
CHOC (Affiliated with the UC Irvine School of Medicine), March 2022: Preventing Burnout: Self-care Tips for Parents and Caregivers
Journal Articles
NIH National Library of Medicine (NLM) PubMed Central, January 2021: Racial/Ethnic Differences in Burnout: a Systematic Review
Oxford University Press Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Published April 2022: Deconstructing Burnout at the Intersections of Race, Gender, and Generation in Local Government
NIH National Library of Medicine (NLM) PubMed Central, August 2021: Gender role perspectives and job burnout
Government
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Working Paper 30895, January 2023: Beyond Burnout: From Measuring to Forecasting (PDF)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Current Priorities of the U.S. Surgeon General, 2022: Addressing Health Worker Burnout
World Health Organization (WHO), May 2019: Burn-out an "occupational phenomenon": International Classification of Diseases