Burnout Syndrome and Logotherapy: Logotherapy as Useful Conceptual Framework for Explanation and Prevention of Burnout

Burnout syndrome is a state of total exhaustion related to work conditions and stress from work. Recent findings suggest that logotherapy and the concepts of existential meaning and life fulfilment could provide a useful framework for explaining and potentially preventing burnout. This review articl...

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Published in:Frontiers in psychiatry Vol. 10; p. 382
Main Authors: Riethof, Norbert, Bob, Petr
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 14.06.2019
Subjects:
burnout syndrome
existential fulfilment
existential meaning
existential vacuum
logotherapy
Psychiatry
logotherapy
existential vacuum
existential meaning
existential fulfilment
burnout syndrome
ISSN:1664-0640, 1664-0640
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Summary:Burnout syndrome is a state of total exhaustion related to work conditions and stress from work. Recent findings suggest that logotherapy and the concepts of existential meaning and life fulfilment could provide a useful framework for explaining and potentially preventing burnout. This review article summarizes and reflects current knowledge concerning the relation between burnout syndrome and existential vacuum as a potential correlate. It also explores the risks of burnout and the need of better definition of this condition including more precise diagnostic criteria and internationally recognized measurement tools. Intensified research on relations between burnout and lack of existential fulfilment and meaning could help with future prevention and intervention design.
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This article was submitted to Public Mental Health, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry
Edited by: Wolfram Kawohl, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Reviewed by: Elke Luise Voß, Central Institute for Mental Health, Germany; Eva-Maria Pichler, University of Zurich, Switzerland
ISSN:1664-0640
1664-0640
DOI:10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00382