[Mechanisms of psychological adaptation of anesthesiologists-resuscitators to the stress-induced conditions of professional occupation and possibilities of their correction within a teaching process].

High psychological tension results in the development of specific coping behavior. Ninety-six anesthesiologists, including 62 (64.6%) males and 34 (35.4%) females, were examined to reveal the mechanisms of psychological adaptation to stress-induced conditions of professional occupation. The respondents were ascertained to most frequently use cognitive, emotional, and behavioral constructive copings in settling stress situations. Nonadaptive copings most commonly contemplate a refusal to get over difficulties due to the lack of faith in power, to the underestimation of the importance of negative events, to passivity, isolation, etc., which is traditionally considered to be a manifestation of the emotional burnout syndrome in attendants. Psychological training within a teaching process may be regarded as a help to physicians in developing constructive coping strategies, training in self-diagnosis and self-help in the early manifestations of emotional burnout.