"Burn-Out: The Best Treatment is Prevention" Burn-Out is becoming increasingly common in our fast-paced, pressure-filled world. Its effects can be devastating – to individuals, their families and their employers. Treatment usually requires months off work, medication and sometimes even hospitalization. Prevention is the best approach. This presentation discusses how to detect it early and nip it in the bud. "Rescue Yourself from the Brink" Burnout never happens quickly. It usually evolves over many months or years, and there are a lot of signs and signals along the way to alert us to a growing problem. This presentation focuses on the causes of burnout, stages of burnout, and what can be done in the early stages to either prevent the problem or reverse the negative cycles that eventually lead us to the brink.