Morale of mental health professionals in Community Mental Health Services of a Northern Italian Province

Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 191-197

  Galeazzi, Gian Maria ^a,c   Delmonte, Sara ^a   Fakhoury, Walid ^b   Priebe, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Clinica Psichiatrica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Burnout; Community mental health services; Job satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; COMMUNITY CARE; DEPERSONALIZATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE;

EID: 4644265230     PISSN: 1121189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1121189X00003456     Document Type: Article

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