Stress in mental health professionals: A cause for concern or an inevitable part of the job?

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 79-81

  Carson, Jerome ^a   Fagin, Leonard ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURNOUT; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; WORKLOAD;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0030158470     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002076409604200201     Document Type: Editorial

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