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what is burnout and what can we do about it?

  • Written by Gabriela Tavella, Research Assistant, UNSW School of Psychiatry, UNSW
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Feeling “burnt out” is a pretty common phrase in daily parlance, but we’re starting to learn more about its longer-term destructive effects. Sufferers often describe feeling exhausted and disconnected, and as though they’re “going through the motions”...