Síndrome de burnout

Abstract

The burnout syndrome is a type of labour stress that may affect almost every profession. It was described in 1974 by Freudenberger but its real dimension is being achieved in the last decade, reaching an epidemic magnitude that causes important human and economic losses. With this review we want to combine different views about the origin, diagnostic and possible therapies to apply on subjects suffering from the consequences of the syndrome, because early interventions are beneficial.