Expressed emotion and burnout: The experience of staff caring for men with learning disability and psychosis in a medium secure setting

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 267-276

  Dennis, A M ^a,c   Leach, C ^b  

^a SOUTH WEST YORKSHIRE PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Yorkshire Centre for Forensic Psychiatry   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burnout; Expressed emotion; Learning disability; Medium secure unit; Staff

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; EMOTION; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PRISON; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; ENGLAND; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PRISONS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34147122156     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: 13652850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2007.01073.x     Document Type: Article

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