Do physicians suffer or benefit from the Zeigarnik effect?

A-F Naviaux; P Janne; M Gourdin

doi:10.1016/j.encep.2020.08.012

Do physicians suffer or benefit from the Zeigarnik effect?

Encephale. 2021 Dec;47(6):616-617. doi: 10.1016/j.encep.2020.08.012. Epub 2020 Dec 18.

Authors

A-F Naviaux¹, P Janne², M Gourdin³

Affiliations

¹ Summerhill community mental health service, Health Service Executive (HSE), USERN, College of psychiatrists of Ireland, W35 KC58 Summerhill Wexford, Ireland; CHU UCL Namur, université catholique de Louvain, avenue Dr. G.-Thérasse, B. 5530 Yvoir, Belgium.
² CHU UCL Namur, université catholique de Louvain, avenue Dr. G.-Thérasse, B. 5530 Yvoir, Belgium; Department of psychology, USERN, faculty of psychology, CHU UCL Namur, université catholique de Louvain, avenue Gaston-Thérasse 1, 5530 Yvoir. Electronic address: pascal.janne@uclouvain.be.
³ CHU UCL Namur, université catholique de Louvain, avenue Dr. G.-Thérasse, B. 5530 Yvoir, Belgium; Department of anesthesiology, USERN, faculty of medicine, université catholique de Louvain, avenue Gaston-Thérasse 1, 5530 Yvoir.

PMID: 33342536
DOI: 10.1016/j.encep.2020.08.012

No abstract available

Keywords: Burnout; Closing effect; Effet de clôture; Intrusive thoughts; Pensées intrusives; Physician's stress; Stress du médecin; Zeigarnik effect.

MeSH terms

Burnout, Professional*
Humans
Physicians*