[Physician health: What makes us ill? What keeps us healthy?]

The medical profession is a particular health risk. Internal reasons for this are the common practice of self-diagnosis and self-therapy, presenteeism (work despite illness), and increased risks of addiction and suicide. External reasons include infectious diseases, violence against health professionals, the increasingly difficult working conditions - due to economisation, among other things - and the posttraumatic stress syndrome. Therefore, it is increasingly important to proactively take care of one`s own health. Science has shown that the underlying mechanisms leading to this problem are the high self-demand and lack of self-care observed in medical professionals. These starting points and available programs (cognitive-emotional reflection, stress management, relaxation techniques, conflict resolution techniques, mindfulness, priming, framing, meditation, embodiment, etc.) to strengthen resilience offer instruments to optimise the salutogenesis of health professionals. This review article presents interdependencies and concepts aiming to strengthen the resilience of health professionals.