Stress and burnout: The other consequences of covid

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Depression is a common mental disorder that affects 264 million people worldwide according to WHO Istock / Tadamichi

By: Chantal Lorho Follow

58 mins

Fear of covid, uncertain future, disrupted working conditions ... The current crisis weighs more and more on the daily life and minds of employees.

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According to the latest Opinionway barometer, half of the employees are in a situation of psychological distress.

Overload of work, digital surveillance, unsuitable equipment, loneliness ... How to resist the load of additional stress?

With:

Marc Loriol

, sociologist,

CNRS

research

director

at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

Workplace fatigue and stress specialist

Jean-Denis Budin

, founder of

CREDIR, Residential center for the prevention of exhaustion and burnout for professionals

And a testimony collected by

Raphaëlle Constant.

 Lauréline, 40, is a project manager in a research center in Brittany.

After maternity leave, she returns to work in March 2020 but two weeks later, the first confinement is announced.

She therefore begins to telecommute but after a few months, she can no longer resist the professional exhaustion already well established.

She tells about her burnout at the microphone of Raphaelle Constant.

--- BoB Lauréline - Burn out (Cut-5'38)

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