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Burnout Is Now a Legitimate Diagnosis: Here Are the Symptoms and How to Treat It | Today

2019

Burnout has been declared a legitimate medical diagnosis by the World Health Organization. NBC medical correspondent Dr. John Torres joins TODAY to share its main symptoms and how to treat the condition.

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