Simple spit and blood tests might detect burnout before it happens

Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - 18:30 in Health & Medicine

Your blood and the level of a hormone in your spit could reveal if you're on the point of burnout, according to research undertaken by Dr Sonia Lupien and Robert-Paul Juster of the Centre for Studies on Human Stress of Louis-H. Lafontaine Hospital and the University of Montreal. In addition to professional and personal suffering, burnout puts distressed workers at further risk of physical and psychological problems if ignored. This is significant, as burnout, clinical depression, or anxiety related to the workplace affects at least 10% of North Americans and Europeans, according to estimates prepared by the International Labor Organisation...

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