Life events, stress appraisals, and hospital doctors' mental health

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 1204, 2004, Pages

  Clarke, Dave ^a   Singh, Racquel ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NEW ZEALAND; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 16644380094     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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