Psychohygiene (not only) as prevention of the burn-out syndrome in medical management

Abstract

The component of the high manager activities in medical services is not only the contact with patients but also the often neglected demanding situations in management of personnel. These sitations induced stress reactions, which put emphasis on the qualifications for adaptation, handling and resilience of the top manager.

In the medical management the risks are cumulated - it is the concurrence of helping and managing profession. The author presents selected principles of psychohygiene and examples of its application in practice, since if its absence can result in exhaution of the organism, dissatisfacrtion and consequently the burn-out syndrome.

Keywords

• psychohygiene
• top manager in medical services
• burn-out syndrome
• positive thinking, sleep
• self-recognition, auto-regulation of emotions, assertiveness