Opinion: Treating professional burnout when you're the doctor

When asked why they enter the medical field, 75 percent of medical students, residents and physicians said it was to help people. Even though this career is derived from the passion to help others, physicians are among one of the top professions to have a high rate of professional burnout, depressive symptoms and susceptible to suicide. So, what is professional burnout, what causes medical professionals to develop it, what does it do to them and how can it be treated?