Wellbeing | Burnout officially recognised as an illness

Today, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed that it will recognise the growing issue of corporate burnout as a medical condition, meaning that as of 2020, it will officially be identified in the International Classification of Diseases.

Burnout, which the WHO identifies specifically as a ‘workplace issue’, is officially described as "a syndrome conceptualised as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed", in the WHO’s official definition of the new condition.