{"id":550,"date":"2018-11-15T12:28:56","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T17:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.jeanbaur.com\/?p=550"},"modified":"2018-11-15T12:28:56","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T17:28:56","slug":"whats-the-difference-between-burnout-and-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/?p=550","title":{"rendered":"WHAT&#8217;S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BURNOUT AND DEPRESSION?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am not a psychologist, so my answer is coming from studying burnout and teaching workshops to help people understand it and recover from it. But I was asked this question in a class last week, and wanted to provide a better answer.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s one answer, from Prevention, November, 2015:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our evidence is that burnout overlaps depression, that they&#8217;re on a continuum, like temperature,&#8221; says study coauthor Irvin S. Schonfeld, PhD, a psychology professor at the City College of New York&#8217;s Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership. &#8220;If you go back to the original paper that was published about burnout, by Herbert Freudenberger\u2014in which he studied people who volunteered at a drug treatment center and who dealt with very difficult patients\u2014one of the ways he described burnout was: &#8216;It looks like depression.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Part of my answer is that burnout, unlike depression, is more situational. This is true or more true with moderate burnout, so if you&#8217;re experiencing a difficult situation at work and are able to change that, your burnout symptoms will decrease.<\/p>\n<p>The guru on this topic, Christina Maslach, says in the Prevention article:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you&#8217;re skeptical that job-related stress and exhaustion could possibly resemble the big black cloud that is depression, you&#8217;re not alone. &#8216;Burnout has always been predictive of depression,&#8217; explains Christina Maslach, PhD, a psychologist at the University of California Berkeley who devised the standard test for burnout, called the Maslach Burnout Inventory, &#8216;but the measure of burnout used in this study is incomplete.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, remember that according to Christina Maslach&#8217;s classic definition of burnout, that it&#8217;s lost energy, lost enthusiasm and lost confidence. These three factors combined often create the perfect storm. Most importantly, if you&#8217;re suffering from extreme burnout and possibly depression, get help. A professional who understands this complex condition will be an important resource, helping you regain your best self. <a href=\"http:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DEVINE.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-552\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-552\" src=\"http:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DEVINE-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"DEVINE\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DEVINE-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DEVINE.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am not a psychologist, so my answer is coming from studying burnout and teaching workshops to help people understand it and recover from it. 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