Assessing morale in community mental health professionals: A pooled analysis of data from our European countries

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 237-243

  Reininghaus, Ulrich ^a,b   Priebe, Stefan ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWHAM CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burnout; Community mental health care; Job satisfaction; Mental health professionals; Pooled analysis; Staff morale; Team identity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BURNOUT; COMMUNITY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; ITALY; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MORALITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; EUROPE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MORALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34247532445     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-007-0154-7     Document Type: Article

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