Burnout is a syndrome of emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation, and reduced accomplishment which occurs in health workers and others who work in human services. burnout occurs when the stressors exceed the person’s ability to cope.. The term “burnout” was coined in the 1970s by the american psychologist herbert freudenberger. he used it to describe the consequences of severe stress and high ideals experienced by people working in “helping” professions.. The publisher has decided to discontinue the journal burnout research. published content will remain available on sciencedirect.authors who seek to....
Burnout is a popular term for a mental or physical energy depletion after a period of chronic, unrelieved, job-related stress characterised sometimes by physical illness.. 13 k. mctiernan, n. mcdonald, occupational stressors, burnout and coping strategies between hospital and community psychiatric nurses in a dublin region, journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing, 2015, 22, 3, 208wiley online library. Methods: the nurses, from a community hospital with palliative, rehabilitation, chronic sick and nursing home services, self-administered the professional quality of life scale to determine the level of burnout..