This release is available in French. 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 Organization. "We
hypothesized that healthy workers with chronic stress and with
mild burnout symptoms would have worse physiological
dysregulations and lower cortisol levels – a profile consistent
with burnout," Juster explained. Cortisol is a stress hormone
involved in our bodies stress response and naturally as part of
our body's daily rhythm. Co