PHYSICIAN BURNOUTEARLY DETECTION AND PREVENTION

WESLEY B. CARTER, MD, DLFAPA

ASSISTANT CLINICAL PROFESSOR PSYCHIATRYVIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL

CHILD PSYCHIATRISTVIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE

NO DISCLOSURES

BURN OUT = STRESS

STRESS

THE RESULT OF OPPOSING FORCESIN A VULNERABLE ENVIRONMENT

UNIVERSAL AMBIVALENCE

FEAR OF FAILURE

LACK OF AUTHORITY

FEAR OF PAIN

FEAR OF FINANCIAL LOSS

LOSSED GOALS

AMBIVALENT SELF CONFIDENCE

AMBIVALENT SELF ESTEEM

FATIGUE

SPIRITUAL AMBIVALENCE

ANXIETY

DEPRESSION

INSUFFICIENT EXERCISE

INSUFFICIENT SLEEP

POOR EATING HABITS

DECLINE IN OVERALL PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH

INAPPROPRIATE ADJUSTMENT TO AGE AND HEALTH STATUS

ACCEPT

IT’S NOT OVER UNTIL IT’S OVER

PACE YOURSELF

PUT YOU IN CHARGE OF YOU

EAT WELLSLEEP WELL

EXERCISEBUT DON’T OBSESS OR WORRY ABOUT IT

REMEMBER

LIFE IS LIKE A COUNTRY ROAD

NOT A MAJOR HIGHWAY

YOUR BEST CAN ONLY BE YOUR BEST

MAKE YOUR STUMBLING BLOCKSSTEPPING STONES

REDEFINE GOALS REGULARLYBE SURE THEY ARE REALLY YOURS

THINK OUTSIDE OF YOUR BOX

DON’T BE GREEDY, ENTITLED OR NARCISSISTICBUT BE WISELY SELFISH

YOU MUST TAKE CARE OF YOUOTHERS MAY NOT

BE YOUR OWN AUTHORITYSUPPORTED BY AN AUTHORITY

HIGHER THAN YOU

ACCEPTYOU WERE CREATED BY A POWER

HIGHER THAN YOU

IT IS ILLOGICAL TO THINK SUCH A POWER WOULD CREATE YOU

BETTER OR WORSTTHAN ANY ONE ELSE

THERE IS NO NEED TO JUDGE YOURSELF OR ANYONE ELSE

STOP TRYING TO PROVE YOURSELFTHE HIGHER POWER HAS ALREADY

DONE SO

FOLLOW THE STILL SMALL VOICEINSIDE OF YOU

ALLOW THAT VOICE TO GIVE YOUTHE CONTROL AND CONFIDENCE

YOU NEED

REMEMBERYOU WERE CREATED TO LIVE

NOT SUFFER