Exhaustion disorder

Exhaustion disorder, also called stress-induced exhaustion disorder (Swedish: utmattningssyndrom), is a diagnosis used in Swedish healthcare for a maladaptive stress disorder that is more severe than adjustment disorder. Common signs include exhaustion, reduced cognitive ability and a range of physical symptoms, which develop gradually from prolonged and elevated stress but often culminate abruptly. Recovery generally takes from six months to a full year, sometimes longer. Its symptoms overlap with depression and resemble occupational burnout. The diagnosis was introduced in 2003, entered the Swedish edition of ICD-10 in 2005, and is not used outside Sweden, where it has become a leading cause of sick leave.