1961年,一本名为《一个倦怠的个案》的小说轰动了美国。其内容大致是:一位建筑工程师,因感到工作极度疲劳,相继丧失了理想和热情,在人人羡慕的功成名就之时,却抛弃了工作和家人,独自逃往到了非洲的原始森林。这之后,“职业倦怠”开始引起了人们的注意,并且被引入了心理健康领域,成为了一个独立的研究领域。 In 1961, a novel called “A Burnout” hit the United States. Its content is roughly as follows: A construction engineer, who felt extremely fatigued at work, has lost his ideal and enthusiasm one after another, leaving his job and family behind the envy of everyone and fled alone to Africa’s primeval forests. After that, “burnout ” began to attract people’s attention, and was introduced into the field of mental health, has become an independent field of research.