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Burnout versus depression and leave pathways: burnout versus depression and leave pathways. This source-reviewed orientation page separates stable fair and…
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Burnout versus depression and leave pathways. This source-reviewed orientation page separates stable fair and inclusive work-design principles from decisions that depend on the person, task, health and safety risk, requested support, workplace process, evidence and the employment or equality law that applies. The named editions, URLs and reuse limits were checked on 2026-09-10. It remains outside search indexes pending a second-person clinical editorial review and localisation.
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The page keeps the main question, its evidence base and its limits together in one canonical place. That makes it useful as a quick orientation and avoids splitting a broad subject into shallow pages before each narrower answer has enough verified material of its own.
These concise notes are independently written from the source set below. In an emergency, use the local emergency number and follow the dispatcher rather than relying on a static page.
WHO places burn-out in ICD-11 as an occupational phenomenon linked to chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed, not as a medical condition. Exhaustion, detachment and reduced efficacy still overlap with depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, physical illness and medication effects. Assessment should consider life outside work, risk and functioning rather than using one online score as a label.
Sources for this note: Burn-out an occupational phenomenon; Guidelines on mental health at work.
A response can combine workload and role changes, time away when clinically appropriate, manager contact, occupational-health input, mental-health care and a planned return. The employer should assess psychosocial hazards rather than treating recovery as the worker’s private project. Sick leave, certification, pay and accommodations follow national law and workplace processes; urgent help is needed for self-harm risk or inability to remain safe.
Sources for this note: Guidelines on mental health at work; Psychosocial risks and mental health at work.
Terminology changes across borders. These are example phrases people use for the same subject in Estonian, Finnish, Russian and English; they are included as a practical vocabulary aid, not as hidden keywords.
| Language | Example phrase |
|---|---|
| Estonian | läbipõlemine sümptomid |
| Finnish | työuupumus oireet |
| Russian | выгорание симптомы |
| English | burnout signs |
Authoritative source editions, URLs, scope and reuse limits were checked on 10 September 2026. The work-related mental-health, fair-treatment, return and inclusion notes are independently paraphrased and remain noindex pending second-person occupational-health, accessibility and Estonia/Finland employment-law review.
Publisher: World Health Organization
Edition: Official ICD-11 explanatory page; current page checked 10 September 2026
Reuse decision: WHO website and classification reuse terms apply. TempoLife links and independently paraphrases only the occupational-context and non-diagnostic boundaries; no ICD definition or classification text is reproduced.
Publisher: World Health Organization
Edition: WHO guideline; published 28 September 2022; ISBN 978-92-4-005305-2
Reuse decision: WHO publication-specific reuse terms apply and commercial adaptation may require permission. TempoLife links and independently paraphrases only organisational, return-to-work and support boundaries; no recommendation, evidence table or intervention protocol is reproduced.
Publisher: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Edition: Official EU-OSHA topic hub; current page checked 10 September 2026
Reuse decision: EU-OSHA authorises reproduction with source acknowledgement unless otherwise stated. TempoLife links and independently paraphrases only work-design, workload and participatory risk-management boundaries; no statistic, survey result, image or substantial passage is copied.
Source URLs and reuse terms checked: 2026-09-10. This date is not a guarantee that an external source has remained unchanged.
This source-review release verifies the named editions, URLs and reuse limits for the orientation page. It remains outside search indexes: it is not a diagnosis, fitness-for-work decision, legal classification, discrimination finding, entitlement decision, emergency service or substitute for the worker’s own clinical, occupational-health, representative, equality or legal support.
The following paths are the intentional hand-offs named in the brief. They keep adjacent subjects separate while making the next useful reference easy to find.
/sickleave.
Burnout versus depression and leave pathways. This source-reviewed orientation page separates stable fair and inclusive work-design principles from decisions that depend on the person, task, health and safety risk, requested support, workplace process, evidence and the employment or equality law that applies. The named editions, URLs and reuse limits were checked on 2026-09-10. It remains outside search indexes pending a second-person clinical editorial review and localisation.
Reviewed source set (checked 2026-09-10): Burn-out an occupational phenomenon; Guidelines on mental health at work; Psychosocial risks and mental health at work.
This source-review release verifies the named editions, URLs and reuse limits for the orientation page. It remains outside search indexes: it is not a diagnosis, fitness-for-work decision, legal classification, discrimination finding, entitlement decision, emergency service or substitute for the worker’s own clinical, occupational-health, representative, equality or legal support.
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