title: The relationship between sluggish cognitive tempo and burnout symptoms in psychiatrists with different therapeutic approaches.
abstract: Burnout is a serious problem for psychiatrists that has implications for clinical practice and personal health. While burnout is known to affect cognitive functions, no studies have examined the relationship between sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) and burnout. This study aimed to examine this relationship and related factors as socio-demographic, occupational environment in psychiatrists. Participants(n=201, aged between 25 and 52 years,57.7% female) completed socio-demographic information form, Maslach Burnout Inventory and SCT Scale. According to our results, we have shown that total burnout scores and emotional exhaustion (EE) scores were significantly higher in psychiatrists with SCT. SCT scores were positively correlated with mean total burnout, EE, and depersonalization scores. We did not find any differences between subgroups according to departments, therapeutic approaches and gender. In conclusion, we want to highlight that psychiatrists with SCT were more proneness to general burnout symptoms and were more emotionally exhausted regardless of their therapeutic approach or their profession as adult or child/adolescent psychiatrists.
authors.affiliation: Department of Adult Kahramanmaras State Hospital, Kahramanmaras, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gül
authors.affiliation: Department of Child/Adolescent Psychiatry, Kahramanmaras State Hospital, Kahramanmaras, Turkey. Electronic address: drhesnagul@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Hesna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gül
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Medical Faculty of Cerrahpasa, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ummuhan Ceviz
authors.initials: UC
authors.lastname: Özkal
authors.affiliation: Bakırkoy Research and Training State Hospital for Neurology and Mental Health, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zeliha
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kıncır
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Medical Faculty of Cerrahpasa, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gozde
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gültekin
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Medical Faculty of Cerrahpasa, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hacı Murat
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Emul
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000523:psychology*; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000523:psychology*; D003071:Cognition; D003861:Depersonalization / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000379:methods*; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology
keywords: Burnout; Psychiatrists; Psychotherapists; Sluggish cognitive tempo