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"I should have known". The perceptual barriers faced by mental health practitioners in recognising and responding to their own burnout symptoms.
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Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling & Psychotherapy . Sep2019, Vol. 10 Issue 2, p125-145. 21p. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Studies have shown burnout to be a significant problem in the mental health field, causing workers serious health problems and reducing quality of care provided to clients. Yet despite mental health practitioners' training in supporting others' emotional health, they may be reluctant to seek help for burnout symptoms. This paper addresses this paradox by showing how human cognitive processes could act as powerful blocks to the recognition of and response to burnout. Fifty-five mental health practitioners' beliefs and perceptions about burnout were examined using qualitative interview and survey data interpreted through a phenomenological perspective on attribution theory. The study identified four perceptual biases and identified professional identity and stress-induced cognitive deficit having influence on the recognition and response to burnout. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *PSYCHOLOGICAL burnout prevention
*ATTITUDE (Psychology)
*ATTRIBUTION (Social psychology)
*PSYCHOLOGICAL burnout
*COGNITION
*HEALTH attitudes
*INTERVIEWING
*PHENOMENOLOGY
*MEDICAL personnel
*MENTAL health personnel
*PSYCHOLOGY
*HEALTH self-care
*QUALITATIVE research
*THEORY
*PROFESSIONAL identity
*PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
*SELF diagnosis
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 21507686
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling & Psychotherapy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 137434333
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/21507686.2019.1634600