Current levels of perceived stress among mental health social workers who work with suicidal clients

Social Work

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 327-336

  Ting, Laura ^a,d   Jacobson, Jodi M ^b   Sanders, Sara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Client suicidal behavior; Clinician survivor; Perceived stress; Secondary traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 82755185081     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/56.4.327     Document Type: Article

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