Abstract
[This is an excerpt.] Creating and maintaining healthy work environments is a salient issue for health care facilities throughout the United States. In a context of rapidly evolving clinical, population, and financial factors, many health care providers are at risk for burnout (Shanafelt & Noseworthy, 2016). Burnout may be higher among mental health clinicians when compared to other professions due in part to the severe symptoms of many patients and stigma associated with mental illness (O'Connor et al., 2018). Generally, internal organizational factors contributing to burnout include poor collaboration, organizational culture, lack of autonomy over one's own work, and hierarchical decision making (Dyrbye et al., 2017). Such factors may contribute to burnout because they impact how clinicians' view their career trajectory and work flexibility (Shanafelt & Noseworthy, 2016). In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, the Surgeon General was reported to speak out about unhealthy work environments contributing to negative health outcomes (Chen & Smith, 2022). [To read more, click View Resource.]
