The medical perspective on burnout.

Objective: The aim of this study was to review recent medical findings related to burnout, its diagnosis, treatment, characteristic pathophysiological features, and preventive measures.

Materials And Methods: A systematic review of the scientific literature in PubMed/Medline was performed. The most recent and important findings were reported.

A note on relevance of diagnostic classification and rating scales used in psychiatry.

In the clinical practice of psychology and psychiatry, presence or absence of particular disorder or syndromes is based on the subjective interpretation of mental and behavioral descriptions offered by the patient. This is often done by questionnaires (also called instruments or scales) or by interviews. This subjectivity of the diagnostic decision-making process may limit the reliability of diagnosis.

Improving the medical scale predictability by the pairwise comparisons method: evidence from a clinical data study.

In the clinical practice of psychiatry, presence or absence of particular symptoms is based on the subjective interpretation, by the clinician, of mental and behavioural descriptions offered by the patient. However, this subjectivity that characterizes the diagnostic decision making process may limit the reliability of diagnosis. In this current study, the pairwise comparisons (PC) method is used to investigate whether the psychometric properties of a medical screening questionnaire can be improved.