title: Burnout among general hospital mental health  professionals and the salutogenic approach.
abstract: Professionals working in mental health often exhibit  high levels of strain leading to poor psychological wellbeing,  emotional exhaustion and depletion of personal  resources. Even under tight global economic conditions  preventing burnout should be given high priority among  mental health providers. This paper looks at the wide  spectrum of stressors found in specialists working  in the mental health area and examines, with the  salutogenic approach in the background, ways to relieve  professional burnout among general hospital mental  health providers. Guidelines for managers and staff to  alleviate their professional strain are suggested so as  to improve the quality of life in the workplace.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Soroka University Medical Center and Division of Psychiatry, Faculty for Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba, Israel. stanleyra@clalit.org.il
authors.forename: Stanley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rabin
authors.forename: Yuval
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shorer
authors.forename: Meir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nadav
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guez
authors.forename: Mali
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hertzanu
authors.forename: Asher
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shiber
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008605:Mental Health Services; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D000078329:Workforce