Understand burnout. Change what sustains it.
Evidence-led guidance on occupational burnout, workplace causes, health assessment and sustainable recovery—without reducing a systems problem to self-care.
Three routes through burnout
Meaning and symptoms
Distinguish burnout from stress, depression, anxiety, trauma and physical illness.
RecoverAssessment and recovery
Health checks, rest, therapy, leave, boundaries and staged return to work.
PreventHealthier work design
Workload, control, role clarity, fairness, support and accountable prevention.
Burnout guides
Burnout Myths and Misconceptions
Common burnout myths can delay help or place all responsibility on the person who is struggling. A useful explanation should account for working conditions, health and the practical limits on changing either.
Understand BurnoutBurnout vs Anxiety
Anxiety often centres on threat, worry or fear; burnout concerns exhaustion and disengagement in relation to work. Either can affect sleep and concentration, and anxiety disorders can coexist with occupational burnout.
Understand BurnoutBurnout vs Compassion Fatigue
Compassion fatigue is used to describe strain associated with caring for others, sometimes including secondary traumatic stress. Burnout can occur in any job and does not require exposure to another person's trauma.
Understand BurnoutBurnout vs Depression
Burnout is tied to the occupational context; depression is a mental health condition that can affect many areas of life. They can overlap, and feeling better away from work does not reliably rule depression in or out.
Understand BurnoutBurnout vs Moral Injury
Moral injury describes lasting distress after events that conflict with deeply held moral beliefs, including perceived betrayal. Burnout concerns the occupational pattern of exhaustion and disengagement; the two may occur together but call for different questions.
Understand BurnoutBurnout vs Stress
Stress and burnout overlap, but they are not interchangeable. Stress describes a response to demands; burnout describes a more sustained occupational pattern involving exhaustion, distance from work and reduced efficacy.