
Learned Helplessness and the Normalization of Burnout
Is burnout becoming normalized?
Our Psychiatry & Society video series is taking a short break. For now, enjoy this rerun with additional new commentary.
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The pandemic is at least in a less severe stage, which provides another opportunity to learn what we were missing and what can be improved. Will we take advantage of this perspective to improve well-being for patients and health care professionals or will we we succumb with learned helplessness?
Dr Moffic is an award-winning psychiatrist who has specialized in the cultural and ethical aspects of psychiatry. A prolific writer and speaker, he received the one-time designation of Hero of Public Psychiatry from the Assembly of the American Psychiatric Association in 2002. He is an advocate for mental health issues related to climate instability, burnout, Islamophobia, and anti-Semitism for a better world. He serves on the Editorial Board of Psychiatric Times™.
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