Prospects of research of emotional burnout in relatives of patients with alcohol or opioid dependence (message 1)

Abstract

The questions of methodology of studying of relatives of patients with chronic diseases are considered. Experience and possibility of application of burnout concept for relatives of patients with somatic, mental and addictive disorders is analyzed in the message 1. The need of implementation of this construct as the explanatory model for understanding of relationships connected with caregiving in family is noted. Social, economic and cultural conditions defining modern conceptualizations of consequences of burnout for relatives of patients with chronic diseases are traced. Challenges of implementation of burnuot construct into the area of research of addict’s relatives are described in the message 2.

Keywords

• родственники хронически больных
• стресс
• эмоциональное выгорание
• конструктивная личностная активность
• методология
• relatives of chronically ill
• stress
• emotional burnout
• constructive personal activity
• methodology