Stress-related exhaustion disorder - clinical manifestation of burnout? A review of assessment methods, sleep impairments, cognitive disturbances, and neuro-biological and physiological changes in clinical burnout

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 626-636

  Grossi, Giorgio ^a,b,c   Perski, Aleksander ^a,b   Osika, Walter ^c   Savic, Ivanka ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Stress Clinic Foundation   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assessment; Brain; Clinical burnout; Cognition; Exhaustion disorder; Physiology; Sleep; Stress

Indexed keywords

BURNOUT; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MEMORY; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84946847178     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sjop.12251     Document Type: Article

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