Burn-On: Constantly About To Burn Out

The unrecognised suffering and what helps to combat it

  • Two recognised experts shed light on the topic and offer direct help
  • An ever-increasing target group who suffer from practically endless exhaustion and depression
  • in Germany, every tenth person is scientifically proven to be addicted to work

A wake-up call for society

 

Prof. Dr. med Bert te Wildt and Timo Schiele describe the “burn on” syndrome for the first time. This new form of chronic exhaustion and depression has long since arrived in the heart of society, however, it has barely been noticed in comparison to its famous cousin: burnout. In addition to causes, symptoms and disease progression, te Wildt and Schiele also show societal processes that make the suffering worse and they offer direct help to those impacted.

 

“Being stressed has long been the accepted norm. Burnout has just become the general state of affairs.” Prof. Dr. med. Bert te Wildt and Timo Schiele

 
“Burn-on has the potential to be the new disease of civilisation.” WELT AM SONNTAG

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  • Publisher: Droemer TB
  • Release: 03.04.2023
  • ISBN: 978-3-426-30279-8
  • 304 Pages
  • Authors: Bert te WildtTimo Schiele
Burn-On: Constantly About To Burn Out
Bert te Wildt Timo Schiele Burn-On: Constantly About To Burn Out
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Bert te Wildt

PD. Dr. med. Bert te Wildt heads up the outpatient department of the Klinik für Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie at the LWL-Universitätsklinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum as chief physician, where he treats Internet and computer game addicts. He completed his doctorate on the subject of Internet addiction and is a co-founder of the professional association Medienabhängigkeit e.V.

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Timo Schiele

Timo Schiele ist leitender Psychologe der Psychosomatischen Klinik im Kloster Dießen am Ammersee. Zuvor war er am Max-Planck-Institut für Psychiatrie in München sowie einer Psychosomatischen Klinik am Starnberger See tätig. Zuletzt arbeitete er in der psychosomatischen Tagesklinik München mit den Schwerpunkten Depressions- und Essstörungsbehandlung. Seit 2018 ist er als Dozent in der Ausbildung von Psychologischen Psychotherapeuten im Bereich kognitive Verhaltenstherapie tätig.