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ICD-11, QD85: Burnout

World Health Organization. International Classification of Diseases, 11th Revision. Code QD85: Burnout. 2022.

Key provisions used in wiki

  • Classifies burnout as an occupational phenomenon, explicitly NOT a mental disorder, under ICD-11 code QD85
  • Defines burnout through three dimensions: energy depletion/exhaustion, increased mental distance from one's job, and reduced professional efficacy
  • Restricts the burnout classification to the occupational context, distinguishing it from clinical depression or anxiety disorders
  • Provides the clinical basis for GiveCare's strength-framed language: "signal degradation" rather than pathologizing caregiver stress as mental illness
  • Informs InvisibleBench boundary scenarios that test whether AI systems correctly frame caregiver exhaustion as occupational rather than clinical