Empathy and Burnout: Implications for those who Care
2017
Empathy is one of essential attributes underlying social
interactions. Empathic skills have been associated with the ability to
accurately recognise facial emotions.
Importantly, both lack and excess of empathy have been related to suboptimal
mental health. Empathy deficits have been found to underlie social
interaction difficulties in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Personality
disorder. On the other hand, it has been shown that the individuals with
high empathy may become vulnerable to emotional burnout. In particular,
empathic distress has been described in mental health professionals and
carers. The question arises – are the findings of empathic distress in
caregivers pertinent to the vulnerability to emotional disorders in general?
In this review we will consider current models of empathy and discuss
potential links between characteristics of empathy and emotion processing
that may be relevant to mental health.
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