PTSD and ADHD: Underlying factors in many cases of burnout

Stress and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 305-313

  Brattberg, Gunilla ^a,b,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); Burnout; Emotional exhaustion syndrome; Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BURNOUT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL CRIME; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

EID: 33846096789     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1112     Document Type: Article

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