This event will start with an 1-hour seminar on 'Basics of burnout in academia', followed by the introduction of help facilities at both DESY and Universität Hamburg.

'Basics of burnout':

There are many misconceptions about psychiatric disease: what causes it, who is at risk, and how it manifests. Increasingly we are understanding how immense a problem this is in academia.

When does situational or occupational stress become detrimental? What is the difference between Burnout and Depression? Basics of Burnout is a 1-hour seminar and facilitated discussion which defines the core components of Burnout, presents evidence based strategies to treat the symptoms, and discusses how to prevent work-related stress.

In this seminar, we cover the prevalence and impact of burnout in academic and employee populations.  We provide an overview of the burnout cycle and how to break it, and we emphasize which factors contribute to burnout and how academics can address them.