Prevention of and coping with professional stress
Liubchenko, P.N.
Klinicheskaia Meditsina 85(9): 22-27
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0023-2149 PMID: 18038562 Document Number: 610027
The article reviews publications dedicated to stress, especially professional one. The authors describe a severe form of stress, emotional burning-out syndrome, which is often found in doctors and nurses dealing with patients suffering from mental disorders, oncological diseases, AIDS, and those who are treated in intensive care units. Recommendations concerning stress prevention and medication support able to prevent or lower pathological consequences of chronic working stress are given.