TY - JOUR T1 - Is burn-out finally a disease or not? JF - Occupational and Environmental Medicine JO - Occup Environ Med SP - 938 LP - 938 DO - 10.1136/oemed-2019-106094 VL - 76 IS - 12 AU - Quentin V Durand-Moreau Y1 - 2019/12/01 UR - http://oem.bmj.com/content/76/12/938.abstract N2 - In May 2019, WHO has stated that burn-out should be considered as a disease in the new version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). This information was widely disseminated in the news media. However, a few hours later, the international organisation stepped back. All this confusion brings us to that question: what exactly is burn-out? Moreover, should it be considered a disease or not?Freudenberger defined burn-out as ‘a state of fatigue or frustration brought about devotion to a cause, way of life, or relationship that failed to produce the expected reward’.1 Maslach has then developed the most used questionnaire to assess … ER -