Emotional Burnout in Health Care Workers

Consideration is given to the issue of emotional exhaustion related to medical professionals.  An analysis of perspectives of potential sources of frustration in the profession is provided.  The formation and models of emotional exhaustion syndrome are explained from the perspectives of H. Freidenberg, K. Maslach, V. V. Boyko, D. Direndonk, and V. Schaufeli.  The characteristics of psychodiagnostic methods employed to examine emotional fatigue and psychosomatic patterns are delineated.  An effort is made to compile a list of psychological characteristics and behavioural traits that prevent the development of emotional exhaustion syndrome and preserve professional longevity and psychological resources.  In the future, it is intended to examine the specifics of the development of emotional burnout syndrome in medical personnel with varying lengths of service in the context of an increased workload and to develop recommendations for prevention.