Sabine Bährer-Kohler
Editor

2013

Prevention in the Context of Living and Working

Addressing the subject of burnout, this book contains an introductory chapter followed by an in-depth survey of the international context, including the cost of illness (Chapter 2), and some aspects of the history of burnout (Chapter 3). Among other things, Chapter 4 explains the various phase models in detail, while Chapter 5 describes common elements of and differences between depression and burnout, including their respective medical treatments. Chapter 6 presents physical and mental problems associated with burnout, containing results of Brazilian studies.