ReviewFrontiers in veterinary science2023
A narrative review of the physiology and health effects of burnout associated with veterinarian-pertinent occupational stressors.
Review in Frontiers in veterinary science, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.
- Part I of "Navigating the transition": early-career working conditions, psychosocial demands, and job satisfaction among German, Austrian, and Swiss veterinarians - a first-year survey.BMC veterinary research · 2026Article
- Occupational Stressors, Working Conditions and Self-Reported Mental Health Among Veterinarians in Germany: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Survey.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Relevance of positive psychology in the veterinary profession: A narrative review.The Veterinary record · 2026Review
- Work-Related Stressors and Their Perceived Impact on Veterinary Work and Personal Life: A Multi-Country European Study.Veterinary sciences · 2026Article
- Pharmacokinetics of Topical Administration of Altrenogest in Mares and Implications for Human Health.Journal of veterinary pharmacology and therapeutics · 2026Article
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- Comparing caregiver burden in owners of healthy dogs with and without limb amputation: a cross-sectional analysis.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Burnout among veterinarians working with exotic animals in Italy: a cross-sectional study using the burnout assessment tool (BAT-12).Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Moral injury in animal care workers: prevalence, pathways, and phenomenology in a cross-sector sample.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- A Cross-Sectional Study of Work-Related Behaviour and Experience Patterns Among German Veterinarians in Different Age Groups.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Risk Factors and Protection Associated with Well-Being and Psychological Distress of Veterinarians in Brazil.Veterinary sciences · 2025Article
- Burnout, wearing thin, and the courage to walk away.Irish journal of medical science · 2025Article
- Don't ignore the tough questions: A qualitative investigation into occupational stressors impacting veterinarians' mental health.The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne · 2025Article
- 'It's Already Hard and It's Nearing Impossible': A Thematic Analysis of Submissions by Rural Veterinarians to the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into the Veterinary Workforce Shortage.Veterinary sciences · 2025Article
- Concussion and the Autonomic, Immune, and Endocrine Systems: An Introduction to the Field and a Treatment Framework for Persisting Symptoms.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025Review
- Life satisfaction, psychological distress, compassion satisfaction and resilience: when the pleasure of helping others protects veterinary staff from emotional suffering.Veterinary research communications · 2024Article
- Empathy and mental health in veterinary medicine.Veterinary research communications · 2024Review
- Veterinarian-Chasing A Dream Job? A Comparative Survey on Wellbeing and Stress Levels among European Veterinarians between 2018 and 2023.Veterinary sciences · 2024Article
- A comparison between veterinary small animal general practitioners and emergency practitioners in Australia. Part 2: client-related, work-related, and personal burnout.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- Validation of the burnout assessment tool-core symptoms in Spanish veterinarians, sex invariance, and cutoff points.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
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7 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Chronic workplace stress and burnout are serious problems in veterinary medicine. Although not classified as a medical condition, burnout can affect sleep patterns and contributes to chronic low grade systemic inflammation, autonomic imbalance, hormonal imbalances and immunodeficiencies, thereby increasing the risks of physical and psychological ill health in affected individuals. Cultural misconceptions in the profession often lead to perceptions of burnout as a personal failure, ideas that healthcare professionals are somehow at lower risk for suffering, and beliefs that affected individuals can or should somehow heal themselves. However, these concepts are antiquated, harmful and incorrect, preventing the design of appropriate solutions for this serious and growing challenge to the veterinary profession. Veterinarians must first correctly identify the nature of the problem and understand its causes and impacts before rational solutions can be implemented. In this first part of two companion reviews, burnout will be defined, pathophysiology discussed, and healthcare and veterinary-relevant occupational stressors that lead to burnout identified.
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