Burn-Out Syndrome (Stress Training). Workers left out of Game

The syndrome of "burnout", also called syndrome of "burnout" or professional stress, is considered the advanced stage of burnout, and occurs when the expectations are out of balance in the professional and the reality of daily work.

This syndrome is an invisible evil that affects and directly affects the quality of life and was described by Maslach and Jackson in 1986 as a syndrome of burnout, depersonalization and reduced personal accomplishment.

The form of expression occurs under some specific symptoms and these are the most common:

Psychosomatic: chronic fatigue, sleep disorders, ulcers and gastric disorders, muscle tension.

Behavior: absenteeism, addictions (snuff, alcohol, drugs)

Emotional: irritability, inability to concentrate, emotional distancing.

Labor: reduced capacity at work, hostile, conflict.

There is a group of people more regularly may have the disease, they are professionals who are in direct contact with people, such as personal health, education, social workers, etc and according to Maslach are the professionals who work supporting and retaining others

Evidence that affect the individual at the beginning of the onset of the disease, are recognized in several stages and include:

1 .- Overwork

2 .- Overexertion leading to anxiety and fatigue

3 .- demoralization and loss of hope

4 .- Loss of vocation, disappointment toward higher values

5 .- hostile work environment or stressful

To measure the most popular method is the Maslach Burnout Inventory, which consists of 21 items, which are valued, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal accomplishment. But you can easily take account answering the following questions:

Is distressed and do not know why?

Have appeared episodes of panic attack?

Do not want to go to work?

He gets up tired as if he had not slept?

Have disturbed sleep or digestive disorders?

Does not pay attention to your work?

Unable to meet business objectives?

You can not interact with peers and / or heads?

You have symptoms of fatigue?

Is seriously considering asking for a license?

The easily run tasks that now seem impossible?

Is unmotivated?

Feel that their work is worthless?

A consulted all the doctors of various specialties and did not find anything?

He feels he has achieved nothing in life?

He began having family problems?

If the answer is yes to 50% or more of the questions is recommended psychological counseling soon, since it is a slow, progressive disease.



Liliana Paz Mendez

UBA Psychologist MN 48359

Tel: 39661138

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