A pioneering experience in Brazil: The creation of a support network for alcohol and drug dependent physicians. A preliminary report

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 258-261

  Palhares Alves, Hamer Nastasy ^a,b   Laranjeira, Ronaldo ^a   Nogueira Martins, Luiz Antônio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Burnout, professional; Mental health disorders; Mental health services; Physicians; Substance related disorders

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAZIL; BURNOUT; COMORBIDITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHOBIA; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF MEDICATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNEMPLOYMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATION; ADDICTION; INTERVIEW; MALPRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BRAZIL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN IMPAIRMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34748867333     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-44462006005000038     Document Type: Article

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