A síndrome de burnout: A causa de doenças em educadores e a sua relação com estresse

Abstract

The aim of the present study is to address burnout syndrome (SB) in educators from different places. The SB is a psychosocial event that leads to chronic stress, his first studies appeared in the 1970s, and it was since 1974 that the psychiatrist Freudenberger presented the syndrome as a clinic, making it important for scientific research. Burnout was conceptualized as the exhaustion of the professional in the service. The SB develops gradually showing signs of dimensions: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and lack of accomplishment in the service, leading the educator often to abandon his career due to the high levels of stress in the classroom, developing several pathologies. It becomes necessary to approach the subject so that one can have a broader knowledge of the syndrome for a more accurate result of prevention to the health of the educator.