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Middle-aged women cope with burnout in different ways

Stockholm: Middle-aged women cope with burnout, which is caused by a prolonged exposure to stress, in different ways, says a Swedish study.Burnout involves emotional, physical and mental exhaustion, manifesting as poor sleep, depression, anxiety, even



Some middle-aged women had high levels of burnout followed by recovery, whereas others had increasing, decreasing, or stable levels over a nine-year period, according to a Karolinska statement.

The authors explored how these patterns related to changes in work-related and other types of stress in the women's lives and individual personality factors.