About this Research Topic
Occupational burnout is a complex combination of emotional, cognitive, and behavioural factors that represents a mismatch between personal and professional responsibilities that results from a prolonged exposure to occupational stressors.
Burnout contributes to poor mental wellbeing, which can lead to suboptimal care for users, and reduced quality and safety of the service provided. In relation to the health and social care systems, Covid19 has magnified the risks of burnout due to the rising care demands, combined with high levels of uncertainty about the ways of tackling the pandemic.
This Research Topic will give a platform to investigators of various aspects of burnout to delineate how we can integrate individual and system approaches within health and social care. The topic will be of particular interest to policy makers, and human services staff and other professional groups that play a crucial role in the delivery of care. We aim for a state of the art collection of articles that will provide professionals and managers with knowledge of the origins, management and prevention of burnout. We intend to present original research that goes beyond well-established links between burnout and specific individual and contextual factors, clarifying further the conditions that facilitate the development of burnout and its harmful consequences.
We invite authors to submit original research articles, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, mini reviews, hypothesis and theory, perspective articles.
In this Research Topic we will consider the following aspects of burnout:
• Systemic/organizational factors associated with high burnout risks;
• Individual vulnerabilities underlying risks to burnout;
• Psychological approaches to prevent and alleviate burnout;
• Societal costs of burnout.
Burnout contributes to poor mental wellbeing, which can lead to suboptimal care for users, and reduced quality and safety of the service provided. In relation to the health and social care systems, Covid19 has magnified the risks of burnout due to the rising care demands, combined with high levels of uncertainty about the ways of tackling the pandemic.
This Research Topic will give a platform to investigators of various aspects of burnout to delineate how we can integrate individual and system approaches within health and social care. The topic will be of particular interest to policy makers, and human services staff and other professional groups that play a crucial role in the delivery of care. We aim for a state of the art collection of articles that will provide professionals and managers with knowledge of the origins, management and prevention of burnout. We intend to present original research that goes beyond well-established links between burnout and specific individual and contextual factors, clarifying further the conditions that facilitate the development of burnout and its harmful consequences.
We invite authors to submit original research articles, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, mini reviews, hypothesis and theory, perspective articles.
In this Research Topic we will consider the following aspects of burnout:
• Systemic/organizational factors associated with high burnout risks;
• Individual vulnerabilities underlying risks to burnout;
• Psychological approaches to prevent and alleviate burnout;
• Societal costs of burnout.
Keywords: Burnout, Healthcare, Societal Cost, Organizational Burnout
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