Psychological Health and Wellness Among Healthcare Professionals
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Care Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 March 2026 | Viewed by 44
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The mental health of healthcare professionals and their well-being in the workplace are topics that are receiving increasing international attention. To date, the aetiopathogenesis of burnout represents a complex and multifactorial phenomenon in which individual, professional, social, and family components can influence the mental health of healthcare professionals. Indeed, the effects of work-related stress can influence the occurrence of anxiety and depression, distress, lower work performance, detachment, and hostility.
Furthermore, healthcare professionals cannot help but empathise with the subjectivity of the patients that they encounter. However, working in a healthcare environment where individuals are under constant pressure can change the way in which one relates to others and affect one’s ability to interactively regulate, symbolise, and mentalise affect.
The complex interweaving of factors such as life history, interpersonal relationships, and relationships with the community to which one belongs emphasises the need for a more comprehensive psychological/clinical consideration of the effects of burnout in health professionals. In light of these considerations, it is necessary to enhance research through projects that take into account, in an integrated manner, the various intrapsychic, interpersonal, familial, occupational, and social components that can affect the mental health of health professionals. In this way, it will be possible for health services to better structure targeted health promotion measures.
Prof. Dr. Antonella Granieri
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- burnout
- healthcare professionals
- work-related stress
- psychological health
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