'Burnout' is newly recognized by WHO


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The World Health Organization (WHO) has been working on the development of the latest International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) which will enter into force in 2022, and it has become clear that ' game disorder ' is already included. This time, the latest version of ICD-11, to which the item of ' burnout syndrome ' was newly added, was released, and the detailed definition of 'burnout syndrome' was defined.

ICD-11-Mortality and Morbidity Statistics
https://icd.who.int/browse11/lm/en#/http://id.who.int/icd/entity/129180281

Burnout is an official medical diagnosis, World Health Organization says-CNN
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/27/health/who-burnout-disease-trnd/index.html

La OMS incluee el desgaste profesional o 'burn-out' en su lista de enfermedades | AFP.com
https://www.afp.com/es/noticias/3964/la-oms-incluye-el-desgaste-profesional-o-burn-out-en-su-lista-de-enfermedades-doc-1gz03a2

The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) formulated by WHO is aimed at medical institutions and research institutes around the world for the purpose of performing internationally standardized statistical classification of diseases and disorders. It is a guideline to be formulated. As of 2019, the 10th revised edition, ICD-10, was adopted in 1990. The World Health Assembly, which was held in Geneva, Switzerland from May 20 to 20, 2019, adopted ICD-11, which is scheduled to enter into force in January 2022, and incorporated 'game disorder' as a new addiction. Yes.

'Game Disability', which overplays games to the point where it interferes with everyday life, is classified as sick-GIGAZINE



And it is 'burnout' that is newly added at the same time as the game failure. Burnout is described as one of the 'problems related to employment and unemployment' that are classified as 'factors affecting health status' and 'due to chronic workplace stress not properly managed' It is defined as In addition, the characteristics of burnout syndrome include three points: 'feeling that energy is exhausted or exhausted,' 'increased evasion to work, or negative or cynical feeling about work,' 'loss of efficiency.' Yes.

It is worth noting that, unlike the game disorder formally defined as 'the same mental disorder as drug addiction etc.', 'burnout syndrome is not a disease or disorder'. As can be seen from the fact that it is classified into the category 'Factor affecting health status', burnout syndrome is one of the causes that adversely affect health, and it is clearly distinguished from the disease or disorder itself. It means that it was done.


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The WHO official Twitter account is also publicized that 'burnout is a phenomenon at work, not an illness.'




At the same time, because it is limited to things related to work, things related to academics such as admissions and sports are also recognized as 'not burnout.'

In addition to this, ICD-11 has also made changes such as gender identity disorders that are not consistent with gender are removed from the mental disorder classification and moved to sexual health related conditions.

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