Burnout - Causes and prevention

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2008 in the subject Psychology - Diagnostics grade: A- Prairie Bible College (Prairie Bible College) language: English abstract: Burnout a term heard with increasing frequency these days is becoming a prominent factof life in the fast-paced and stress-filled 21st century. People in all walks of life areexperiencing burnout and many end up losing their jobs their health and sometimestheir families because of it. Some even commit suicide as a way of escape. Since almosteverybody will experience burnout to a certain degree in some stage of life one may askwhat exactly burnout is what the warning signs are how to deal with it and what can bedone in order to prevent it. The aim of this paper is to answer those questions with aspecial emphasis on workaholic and 'Type A' personality burnout since those people aremost prone to the experience it.[...]