mental health leave
Psychological recovery time
Mental health leave is time off from work to address psychological or emotional difficulties.
Like sick leave for physical ailments, it allows employees to recover from burnout, anxiety, depression, or other mental health conditions without losing their job: She took mental health leave after the breakdown.
Some workplaces offer it as a distinct category; others fold it into general medical leave.
- work stressPressure from employment duties
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- emotional exhaustionDepleted capacity for feeling
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- wellnessOverall state of health
absence · recovery · exhaustion · breakdown · anxiety · depression · selfcare · rest · doctor · counseling · sick · time off · workplace · overwhelmed · healing · breathing room · boundaries · coming back
- leavevacation, vacation days, PTO, time off, paid time off
- time offvacation, holiday, weekend, break, rest
- work leavevacation days, FMLA, personal days, jury duty, short-term disability
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Absence due to illness
sick leave · maternity leave · paternity leave · bereavement leave · vacation
mental health leaveactive duty
Current military employment status
on the job · working · full-time work · back to work · overtime
mental health leaveburnout
Chronic occupational depletion
workplace harassment · overwork · grinding · hustle culture · presenteeism
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