On the issue of neurocognitive characteristics of emotional burnout syndrome in professional activities

Context and relevance. Researchers' interest is gradually shifting from the universal mechanisms of emotional burnout syndrome (BS) as a stress-associated phenomenon to private neurocognitive correlations of its individual parameters. At the same time, the possibilities of comparing neurocognitive data and classical views on the structural-dynamic picture of BS, which are of decisive importance for practice, are not fully realized today. Objective. To systematize the neurocognitive characteristics of CBE in professional activities, discovered by contemporary foreign researchers. Research questions. Questions about the modern understanding of the general brain mechanisms of BS as a consequence of the chronification of occupational stress, about the neurocognitive correlates of individual phases, components and protective factors of BS are discussed. Methods and materials. The material for analysis was served by modern foreign and national publications, covering the current state of the problem of brain mechanisms of BS. Results. The neurocognitive characteristics of BS have a physiological and morphological basis, with most commonly affecting the first and third functional blocks of the brain. When establishing the neurocognitive pathway from non-clinical to clinical, as well as the neurocognitive phase correlations and components of BS, the involvement of the second block should also be taken into account. At the same time, the lateral characteristics of the mental organization of the psyche are discussed mainly in the context of the problem of protective factors. Conclusions. The current directions and main results of studies of neurocognitive characteristics of BS are highlighted. There are research prospects related to the expansion of the field of application of neuropsychological knowledge and experimental study of the neurocognitive sphere of persons receiving psychological-psychiatric assistance in connection with BS.

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