{"id":75769,"date":"2019-06-03T07:01:41","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T07:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=75769"},"modified":"2019-06-03T07:01:44","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T07:01:44","slug":"burn-out-recognized-as-a-medical-condition-by-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/burn-out-recognized-as-a-medical-condition-by-who\/","title":{"rendered":"Burn out recognized as a medical condition by WHO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: Which of the following condition is recently recognized as a medical condition by WHO?<br> (a) Dementia<br> (b) Burn out<br> (c) Accident<br> (d) None of the above<br> Answer: (b)<br> Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>World Health Organisation (WHO) has recently recognized Burn Out as a medical condition. <\/li><li>It is classified in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) of WHO which is widely used as a benchmark for diagnosis and health insurers.<\/li><li>It defines burn-out as \u201ca syndrome conceptualised as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed\u201d.<\/li><li>It is placed in the section of employment and unemployment related problems.<\/li><li>Doctors can however diagnose burnout only when it comes to work and does not apply to other life situations under the present classification. <\/li><li>The decision over this was made at the World Health Assembly in Geneva, which ended on May 28 2019.<\/li><li>This step will help put to rest decade old debate over how to define burn-out, and whether it should be considered a medical condition or not.<\/li><li>Psychologist Herbert Freudenberger is recognized to have started the formal study of burnout with a scientific article published in 1974.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This syndrome was characterised by three dimensions: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion.<\/li><li>Increased mental distance from one\u2019s job, or feelings of negativism or cynicism related to one\u2019s job.<\/li><li>Reduced professional efficacy.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ICD List:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>ICD-11, the updated ICD list was drafted last year following recommendations from health experts around the world and was approved on May 25 2019.<\/li><li>The updated list will come into effect in January 2022. It contains several other additions, including classification of \u201ccompulsive sexual behaviour\u201d as a mental disorder.<\/li><li> It also recognises video gaming as an addiction and enlisted it alongside gambling and drugs like cocaine.<\/li><li>The updated list removes transgenderism from its list of mental disorders and added it to the chapter \u201cconditions related to sexual health\u201d.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/health\/who-recognises-burn-out-as-medical-condition\/article27262939.ece\">https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/health\/who-recognises-burn-out-as-medical-condition\/article27262939.ece<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2019\/05\/27\/health\/who-burnout-disease-trnd\/index.html\">https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2019\/05\/27\/health\/who-burnout-disease-trnd\/index.html<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kron4.com\/news\/national\/-burnout-is-now-an-official-medical-conditions-world-health-organization-says\/2032386535\">https:\/\/www.kron4.com\/news\/national\/-burnout-is-now-an-official-medical-conditions-world-health-organization-says\/2032386535<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Which of the following condition is recently recognized as a medical condition by WHO? (a) Dementia (b) Burn out (c) Accident (d) None of the above Answer: (b) Related facts: World Health Organisation (WHO) has recently recognized Burn Out as a medical condition. 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