Professional Burnout in Clinical Military Psychologists: Recommendations Before, During, and After Deployment

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-93

  Linnerooth, Peter J ^a   Mrdjenovich, Adam J ^b   Moore, Bret A ^c  

^a Capitola CA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c Military Psychology Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Compassion fatigue; Military psychologist; Professional burnout; Secondary traumatic stress; Vicarious traumatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953005991     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022295     Document Type: Article

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