Mindfulness: uma alternativa não medicamentosa para tratar os sintomas da Síndrome de Burnout

Abstract

Burnout syndrome is a growing emotional disorder in the modern organizational environment, and mindfulness is the emergence of awareness when one intentionally pays attention to the present in an open and non-judgmental way. In this sense, this article aims to characterize how the mindfulness technique works in relation to the treatment of burnout syndrome, as an alternative and complementary therapeutic approach to improve the health of individuals, especially in a scenario of increased concerns related to health mental problems in contemporary society. The objective is to characterize how the mindfulness technique works in relation to the treatment of burnout syndrome in the light of the Cognitive Behavioral Theory. For this, a methodology was built using a qualitative approach and its nature is basic. The procedure is bibliographic, forming part of a literature review. The research used articles chosen by searching on the Google Scholar platform with the descriptors “mindfulness” and “burnout”, filtering them by the Portuguese language. In the results, it was observed that, in symptoms related to burnout, the studies analyzed indicated that mindfulness proved to be effective in reducing anxiety and depression. Patients reported a significant improvement in emotional regulation, self-awareness and reduced psychological stress. Furthermore, an increase in resilience was observed. Mindfulness also contributed to a reduction in the use of painkillers and improved sleep quality. Thus, mindfulness practice programs have been identified as a potential treatment for burnout (Leiter, Bakker; Maslach, 2014).