The book covers the challenge and outlines potential interventions. The introduction discusses the history and social context of burnout. Subsequent sections discuss the potential effects of burnout on clinical care, contextual elements that may contribute to burnout, and, potential systemic and individual interventions.
Sheila LoboPrabhu, M.D., is Associate Professor of Psychiatry in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine and Staff Psychiatrist at the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Houston, Texas. Richard F. Summers, M.D., is Senior Residency Advisor and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. H. Steven Moffic, M.D., is retired tenured Professor of Psychiatry of the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.