Freudenberg Burnout

The concept of burnout was first introduced by Herbert J. Freudenberg who made use of clinical observation to arrive at symptoms which were related to burnout (Paris & Hoge, 2010). Even though such method was not adopted to assess burnout, it has definitely given rise to more studies being conducted to assess burnout in various professions and fields (Paris & Hoge, 2010).
Currently, burnout could be defined in various ways but the most common one was based on the work of Maslach and Jackson in 1986 who suggested that burnout could be explained using the three-dimensional model; emotional exhaustion, depersonalization which is also known as cynicism and reduced personal achievement which is also known as reduced self-efficacy. According to Morse,

This gave rise to two problems.
Firstly, there is a lack in empirical validation of such cut-off points (Morse et al., 2012). Such cut-off points for mental health professionals were lower as compared to those of other professions. However, Ahola et al., (2005) suggested that such low cut-off points may help to tackle even mild burnout among mental health

According to Schaufeli et al., (2009), even though burnout may occur across countries, cultures, professions and various fields, the idea that burnout happens globally should be considered with caution. Different cultures might differ in the languages that they used. Thus, the term burnout might be used differently in different cultures. In some cultures, burnout was seen to be more than just exhaustion. Burnout was seen to be related to work and in certain cultures, burnout was seen to be a permanent illness that has no cure. Therefore, it is important to have a standardized definition of burnout which is accepted by people from all cultures. The translated definition of burnout should be more précised and accurate so as to avoid any misconceptions associated with