Morale and job perception of community mental health professionals in Berlin and London

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 223-232

  Priebe, Stefan ^a   Fakhoury, Walid K H ^a   Hoffmann, Karin ^b   Powell, Richard A ^c  

^a NEWHAM CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Psycho Social Health Berlin   (Germany)

^c SAINSBURY CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burnout; Community mental health care; Content analysis; Job satisfaction; Mental health professionals; Staff morale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; COMPETENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; INTERVIEW; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORALITY; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; POLITICS; POSTAL MAIL; PSYCHIATRIST; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; SOCIAL WORKER; STAFF TRAINING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALE;

EID: 14944348682     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-005-0880-7     Document Type: Article

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