Burnout trauma both? Identifying and addressing needs during COVID-19 through informatics.

ABSTRACT

In this brief article, the author notes that discussion of work/life integration have become increasingly com mon at her institution, as school-age children regularly make appearances in Zoom meetings, and team mem bers have to shift between dynamic roles in their work and family lives throughout the day. Talk of burnout abounds-and she often find herself wondering if in fact they are only experiencing burnout as an occupational phenomenon, or whether it is a compounded experi ence of burnout and the emotional exhaustion of collective trauma and grief. Even when concerns dissipate about COVID's relentless spread and severe disease, there is no doubt that we will have lingering mental health hangovers from the psychologi cal impacts of the past year; we must be pre pared to leverage informatics and technology to stem the tide. We will navigate through these uncharted waters through thoughtful and effective leadership that culti vates community and a work environment that is with aligned with our organizational and personal values; and as the past year has demonstrated, it is evi dent that technology and informatics will play a piv otal role in the future of work. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).