Burn out syndromme – the risk of health workers.

PhDr. Jana Severová, CSc.  

Keynote Lecture - Saturday, October 2, 2010

The account deals with burn out syndrome in health workers. Burn out syndrome is hold as a situate induce stress reaction or as a lastphase of stress, exhaution. (Selye). First mention of the problem we can find after 1^st World war. Manifestation of the burn out syndrome are typical with psychic exhaution. There are cognitiv and emotional exhaution. All it we can see as conclusion of chronic everyday stress.

There are most of risk factors contribute to manifestation of burn out syndrome. On the other hand, we can see most of protective factors which help to prevent manifestation of this problem.

Development of the syndrome is stealthy in some phases. The health workers involved in this syndrome don´t notice it. Most often notice it his/her colleagues.

The help is preventive and therapeutical. Prevention deals with Bálinz group method. Therapy is realised by psychologists and psychiatrics.