Breaking Point: Job Stress, Occupational Depression, and the Myth of Burnout
by: Irvin Sam Schonfeld (Author), Renzo Bianchi (Author)
Publisher: Wiley
Edition: 1st
Publication Date: 2025-06-15
Language: English
Print Length: 240 pages
ISBN-10: 1394249497
ISBN-13: 9781394249497
Book Description
Burnout has become a popular indicator of the distress that individuals can experience at work. In Breaking Point: Job Stress, Occupational Depression, and the Myth of Burnout, the authors, in the context of more than a decade of research, show how the phenomenon hidden behind the label of burnout is, in fact, depressive in nature.This book unravels the connections between work, depression, and burnout. The authors underline the dangers of mislabeling a depressive condition as burnout, including misdiagnosis, improper treatment, and unaddressed suicidality. Finally, they offer a path forward for individuals and society. By recognizing the depressive roots of burnout, human resources specialists and occupational health professionals can refer employees for appropriate treatment and understand how and why problematic working conditions must be changed.Review the history of depression and burnout and their connection to workLearn about research that supports occupational depression as a more valuable construct than burnoutUnderstand and address the stigma that inhibits affected employees from seeking treatmentDiscover specific, research-grounded actions that occupational health specialists can take to prevent and address depression and burnout in the workplace
Editorial Reviews
Burnout has become a popular indicator of the distress that individuals can experience at work. In Breaking Point: Job Stress, Occupational Depression, and the Myth of Burnout, the authors, in the context of more than a decade of research, show how the phenomenon hidden behind the label of burnout is, in fact, depressive in nature.This book unravels the connections between work, depression, and burnout. The authors underline the dangers of mislabeling a depressive condition as burnout, including misdiagnosis, improper treatment, and unaddressed suicidality. Finally, they offer a path forward for individuals and society. By recognizing the depressive roots of burnout, human resources specialists and occupational health professionals can refer employees for appropriate treatment and understand how and why problematic working conditions must be changed.Review the history of depression and burnout and their connection to workLearn about research that supports occupational depression as a more valuable construct than burnoutUnderstand and address the stigma that inhibits affected employees from seeking treatmentDiscover specific, research-grounded actions that occupational health specialists can take to prevent and address depression and burnout in the workplace
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