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This open review explains burnout as a gradual response to long-term work stress that can harm thinking, feelings, and attitudes. It describes common causes, effects, ways to measure burnout, and actions to prevent or reduce it. The review highlights three main parts of burnout—emotional exhaustion, detachment or cynicism, and feeling…
This study tested how burnout relates to thinking skills in working adults. Researchers gave seven different cognitive tests that measured five areas (like memory, attention, working memory, executive control, and visuospatial skills). They also measured burnout, depression, anxiety, and how much family support people felt. The main findings were that…
This international mixed-method study developed and tested a new tool called the Trauma Recovery Rubric (TRR) to describe how people recover after gender-based violence. The researchers worked in three phases and used data from sites in four countries. They identified seven recovery pathways and six recovery domains, found that depression…
