Current Affairs - Miscellaneous - Discussion

Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) in its World Health Assembly held in Geneva, had for the first time recognised 'burn out' as a medical condition in its International Classification of Diseases (ICD), which was extensively used as a benchmark for diagnosis and health insurers. WHO in its catalogue of diseases and injuries defined burn-out as "a syndrome conceptualised as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed." The updated list of International Classification of Diseases (ICD) dubbed as ICD-11 was drafted last year after the recommendations from health experts around the world.The ICD-11which will take effect in January 2022, contains several other additions, including classification of "compulsive sexual behaviour as a mental disorder.