Predictors of burnout among military mental health providers

Military Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-260

  Ballenger Browning, Kara K ^a   Schmitz, Kimberly J ^a   Rothacker, John A ^a   Hammer, Paul S ^a   Webb Murphy, Jennifer A ^a   Johnson, Douglas C ^b  

^a Naval Command   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOLDIER;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MILITARY PSYCHIATRY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 79952357276     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00269     Document Type: Article

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