Burnout and depression among catholic priests in India

Pastoral Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 157-171

  Raj, Antony ^a,c   Dean, Karol E ^b  

^a Claremont College   (Australia)

^b Mount St Mary's College   (United States)

^c All Souls Catholic Church   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Depression; Ministry and priestly vocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744493974     PISSN: 00312789     EISSN: 15736679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11089-005-6200-z     Document Type: Article

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