Dear Colleagues,

Burnout syndrome refers to a state of physical and emotional exhaustion that can be caused by stressful and prolonged work factors. Health professionals (e.g., physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers, etc.) frequently experience high levels of stress in their daily work, which, together with the characteristics of work in the healthcare context (e.g., continuous relationships with patients and family members, strong emotional demands, dealing with illness and death, etc.), lead to situations of high burnout.

Burnout has a significant impact on the mental health of health professionals, generating anxiety, depression, irritability, social isolation, insomnia, and other psychosomatic and psychopathological disorders. The consequences of burnout are not only limited to the physical and mental health of workers, but also negatively affect job performance by generating higher levels of stress. In the healthcare setting, professionals with high burnout have a higher risk of making medical errors and/or incorrect diagnoses, which can compromise the safety of patients and users. These errors cause higher levels of stress at work, generating processes of deterioration in the quality of work life and mental health of these professionals.

The Special issue aims to show the relationship between burnout and mental health in health professionals (i.e. general physicians, nurses, social workers, etc.). We invite authors to submit articles (original studies and reviews) as well as interventions focused on burnout prevention and reduction. We would like to discuss individual, psychosocial, and organizational elements present in this syndrome and its effects on the mental health of these professionals, highlighting the possible interventions (primary, secondary, and tertiary) for its treatment.

Dr. Alejandro Orgambídez
Dr. Yolanda Borrego-Alés
Guest Editors

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• burnout
• mental health
• healthcare
• health professionals
• stress