Dr. Ioana Silion, psychiatrist

Online consultations with Dr. Ioana Silion

Topics covered:

• What is burnout?
• Burnout sets in slowly over time, it doesn't happen overnight;
• What are the symptoms that herald burnout?
• The extreme symptomatology of burnout is affective disorder and anxiety disorder;
• The difference between useful stress (eustress) and chronic stress;
• Insomnia caused by chronic stress leads to permanent fatigue, fatigue to irritability and lack of performance;
• Coping mechanisms for chronic fatigue are vicious: coffee in excess, sedatives, alcohol, recreational drugs;
• Solutions found on the internet for coping with stress do not help in any way, each person is different;
• Young people are more open to psychological and psychiatric evaluation;
• Prevention is very important when it comes to chronic diseases, and burnout syndrome is a chronic condition that consumes emotional and medical resources;
• Different personality types and how they are affected by burnout;
• Recommendations for preventing burnout: sport to stimulate endorphins; developing a hobby to stimulate different nerve centers