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Emotional Wellness and Stress Resilience
Published in Gia Merlo, Kathy Berra, Lifestyle Nursing, 2023
Elizabeth R. Click, Alyssa Vela
Work-related stress and exposure to trauma can build over time and spill into other aspects of life and functional status, in the form of burnout (Beck, 2011; Delgado, Upton, Ranse, Furness, & Foster, 2017). While burnout is not a diagnosable condition in the United States, it has been recognized as an important construct and is listed as a condition in the ICD-10 (Merlo & Rippe, 2020). Burnout is defined as a state of total mental, physical, and/or emotional exhaustion, often in the context of chronic stress (American Psychological Association, 2021b). The term burnout is typically applied to professional exhaustion, and much of the research has been conducted among individuals in caregiving professions, such as nursing. Burnout is associated with a decrease in motivation, changes in performance, and negative perception of self. Research suggests that burnout tends to build over time, and with greater burnout, employees tend to experience greater perceived work stress. Thus, stress and burnout are mutually reinforcing (de Oliveira et al., 2019). Of note, caregiver stress and caregiver fatigue are distinct from burnout, as they refer to the stress and multidimensional fatigue when caring for a family member or loved one (i.e. a parent with dementia), rather than professional caregiving (McDaniel & Allen, 2012). One of the most potent influencing factors on stress, trauma, and burnout is resilience.
Burn Baby Burn: Managing Screen Burnout
Published in Rebekah Davies, Navigating Telehealth for Speech and Language Therapists, 2023
Screen burnout or the fatigue described previously is a very real thing. Did you know that it was reported by the Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab (2021) that continuous screen meetings actually add to fatigue,decreased mobility and and increased cognitive load! Whilst MIND (2022)highlights that whilst burnout doesn't refer to a diagnosis itself, it is instead indicative of a collection of symptoms. If you are experiencing burnout you may feel completely exhausted, have little motivation for your job, feel irritable, or anxious and you may see a dip in your work performance. Some people also experience physical symptoms like headaches or stomach aches, or have trouble sleeping.
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Published in Ken Addley, MCQs, MEQs and OSPEs in Occupational Medicine, 2023
Burnout interventions in healthcare have been widely reported and may be directed towards the individual or the work environment. Reviews of controlled interventions confirmed small but significant reductions in burnout following a range of individual and organisational interventions. Sub-group analysis confirmed small significant burnout reduction with individual physician interventions but medium significant reduction and larger effects with organisational interventions, supporting the view that burnout is likely to be a problem of organisations rather than individuals.
Successful return to work after burnout: an evaluation of job, person- and private-related burnout determinants as determinants of return-to-work quality after sick leave for burnout
Published in Disability and Rehabilitation, 2022
Claudia Rooman, Philippe Sterkens, Stijn Schelfhout, Annelies Van Royen, Stijn Baert, Eva Derous
Burnout symptom severity has mostly been studied as an outcome variable [22,26]. However, burnout severity can also be expected to influence later career outcomes (i.e., quality of return to work) given that the recovery process from burnout is typically rather slow [25]. Burnout symptoms can persist over years, even when workers get psychological support or treatment [19,25]. Yet, Boštjančič and Koračin [19] reported a mean duration of sick leave for burnout of only two to three months, which implies that people may still experience burnout symptoms (e.g., exhaustion) when they return to work [27]. Still experiencing burnout symptoms when back at work may hamper both workers’ psychological well-being and productivity [19,28]. Boštjančič and Koračin [19] also found that ex-burnout patients who resume work often still experience psychological problems, and can therefore feel ineffective at work. The systematic literature review of Dewa and colleagues [28] can support this perception, stating that burnout symptoms are effectively associated with decreased productivity among physicians.
Abstracts from the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 72nd Annual Conference
Published in International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 2022
On top of an already stress-laden life, the COVID-19 pandemic has introduced a substantial amount of stress, concern, and exposure to trauma risk factors. Healthcare professionals are particularly prone to high stress environments and, thus, are at an even greater risk for burnout. While lay recommendations for self-care are limited, hypnosis-based interventions open an alternative path to managing stress and minimizing the risk and impact of burnout. The speakers of the SCEH 2021 Presidential Symposium will discuss different approaches to using hypnosis for stress management, burnout reduction, and addressing related and relevant symptoms. This symposium includes the following three presentations: Hypnotic Interventions to Support Helping Professionals and their Patients in Challenging Times (Janna A. Henning, JD, PsyD, FT)Stress and Burnout in Clinical Work and Professional Development: (Self) Hypnosis to Decrease Risks of Burnout and Compassion Fatigue (Nicole Ruysschaert, MD)Using Hypnosis to Be Your Best Clinical Self (Holly Forester-Miller, PhD, LCMHC, NCC)
Understanding Post-Traumatic Stress Responses among Military Chaplains: Implications for Military Behavioral Health
Published in Military Behavioral Health, 2021
James D. Whitworth, Casey N. O’Brien, Chris Stewart
Secondary traumatic stress (STS), which is also known as vicarious traumatization, includes the trauma-related responses that can occur for individuals who have a close relationship with someone who experienced first-hand trauma (Diehle et al., 2017). STS symptoms such as avoidance and hyperarousal frequently mirror those that are occurring in the person who went through the first-hand trauma. Compassion fatigue is the term used to describe the physical, emotional, and spiritual exhaustion often experienced by those in the helping professions (Stewart, 2012) resulting from the stressors associated with providing care to traumatized or distressed clients. This condition can greatly limit the helper’s ability to empathetically engage with those they are seeking to assist (Yan & Beder, 2013). Burnout is considered an occupational phenomenon resulting from chronic and poorly managed workplace stress. Symptoms of burnout include low energy/exhaustion and a general sense of negativism or cynicism related to the individual’s job (World Health Organization, 2019).