The degree of job burnout of psychiatric medical staff is closely related to professional quality， working attitude and medical behavior， which directly affects the development of mental health work. This paper reviews the research on job burnout of psychiatric medical staff in China and abroad in recent 10 years. It is shown that the overall situation of job burnout in psychiatric medical staff is not optimistic. Most of the studies focus on the influence of different demographic factors and organizational factors on job burnout. In the future， a targeted survey scale can be developed to study specific strategies and outcomes for reducing job burnout.