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FATIGA MENTAL [3 records]

Record 1 2018-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Industrial and Economic Psychology
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Mental health and hygiene
CONT

Job burnout is a special type of job stress — a state of physical, emotional or mental exhaustion combined with doubts about your competence and the value of your work.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie cognitive
  • Psychologie industrielle et économique
  • Santé et sécurité au travail
  • Hygiène et santé mentales
CONT

[...] quelques rares études ont été consacrées aux déterminants du stress professionnel et à leurs conséquences pour la santé des individus, notamment en termes d'épuisement mental et émotionnel.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología cognitiva
  • Psicología económica e industrial
  • Salud y seguridad en el trabajo
  • Higiene y salud mental
OBS

[...] cansancio mental que [...] impide poder concentrarnos [y] funcionar con normalidad [...]

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Record 2 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental Disorders
DEF

A condition in which an individual feels constantly fatigued or suffers mild physical discomforts caused by some internal conflicts such as unresolved anger or a sense of failure.

CONT

... the illness most frequently referred to as a nervous breakdown may be here dubbed the "exhaustion syndrome" ... As a result of such realistic, external difficulties as overwork and the cumulative impact of financial problems ... and other such pressures of everyday life, an individual is seen as becoming progressively more fatigued. If the pressures continue unremittingly, chronic fatigue becomes exhaustion, and exhaustion precipitates collapse, so that the afflicted person ... takes to his bed

OBS

for "nervous breakdown": [A] popularly used but ill-defined term .... The term nervous breakdown is not used in technical discourse and is not in general synonymous with or easily translatable into any technically acceptable diagnostic terms or categories.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles mentaux
DEF

Crise d'abattement.

DEF

Névrose caractérisée par une grande fatigabilité, des troubles physiques (angoisse, insomnie), cardiovasculaires, digestifs, sexuels, et des douleurs diverses.

OBS

État durable d'abattement accompagné de tristesse.

CONT

Faire de la neurasthénie (dépression).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trastornos mentales
DEF

Afección psíquica caracterizada por agotamiento permanente, fatiga, debilidad, depresión moderada, cefaleas e insomnio no relacionado con ningún desorden orgánico.

CONT

Neurastenia matinal. Significa literalmente, depresión nerviosa y agotamiento. Es una forma leve de enfermedad mental. El síntoma principal es la fatiga excesiva y la pérdida de energía.

OBS

neurastenia: Término de uso poco frecuente en la actualidad.

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Record 3 2006-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
CONT

Ditiocarb [is a] chelating agent that has been used to mobilize toxic metals from the tissues of man and experimental animals. It is the main metabolite of disulfiram.

CONT

Imuthiol (also called diethyldithiocarbamate, ditiocarb, or DTC) was ... withdrawn by its sponsor, Institut Merieux of Lyon, France, after disappointing results from a preliminary analysis of a large clinical trial in France ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicamentos
DEF

Medicamento empleado para estimular el sistema inmunitario, induciendo al hígado a producir hepatosin. Su nombre comercial es Imuthiol y sus principales efectos secundarios indeseables son sabor metálico que perdura uno o dos días, molestias abdominales, fatiga, náusea y reducción de la agudeza mental.

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