A Cognitive Behavioral Model Proposing That Clinical Burnout May Maintain Itself

Burnout is common in many countries and associated with several other problems such as depression, anxiety, insomnia, memory deficits, prospectively it predicts long-term sick-leave, cardiovascular disease, death. Clinical burnout or its residual symptoms often last years a assumption that recovery takes long time by nature, despite full sick-leave the absence of work stress. The literature suggests models hypothetically explain development, but not maintenance, syndrome. Based on cognitive behavioral principles, stress research, theories, this paper describes theoretical model explaining how clinical can develop be maintained. While development mainly explained prolonged reactions disturbed processes due to related stressors, maintenance syndrome particularly new context experiencing being sick-leave. Worry about acquired passivity excessive sleep, shame, fear reactions, perception safe are examples responses contribute maintenance. has important implications for research intervene burnout. For example, offer support professional care providers patients terms focusing on, identifying, changing current contextual factors behaviors maintain individual’s facilitate recovery. Regarding provides highly reason researchers study burnout, which been neglected research.