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Mental health nurses constitute a vital component of the healthcare workforce, delivering comprehensive care to individuals experiencing psychiatric disorders, emotional distress, substance use disorders, and psychosocial crises. Their responsibilities extend beyond direct patient care to include therapeutic communication, crisis intervention, patient advocacy, multidisciplinary collaboration, and family support. These complex roles expose mental health nurses to prolonged occupational stress, emotional exhaustion, compassion fatigue, workplace violence, ethical dilemmas, staffing shortages, and increasing administrative responsibilities. Persistent exposure to these stressors contributes significantly to burnout, negatively affecting nurses' physical and psychological well-being, job satisfaction, patient safety, quality of care, and organizational performance. Burnout, characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and diminished personal accomplishment, has become a major concern in psychiatric healthcare settings worldwide. Despite these challenges, resilience has emerged as a protective factor that enables nurses to adapt positively to adversity, maintain professional competence, and continue delivering compassionate, patient-centered care. Individual resilience, combined with supportive workplace environments, effective leadership, and organizational interventions, plays a crucial role in reducing stress and preventing burnout. This article reviews the current evidence regarding occupational stress, burnout, and resilience among mental health nurses. It discusses the major workplace stressors, prevalence of burnout, consequences for nurses and patients, factors influencing resilience, and evidence-based coping strategies at both individual and organizational levels. Furthermore, the article highlights the importance of leadership, continuing professional development, psychological support, and healthy work environments in promoting resilience and improving workforce sustainability. Strengthening resilience through comprehensive interventions is essential for enhancing nurses' well-being, improving patient outcomes, and ensuring high-quality mental health services