Secondary traumatic stress in attorneys and their administrative support staff working with trauma-exposed clients

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 199, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 946-955

  Levin, Andrew P ^a,b   Albert, Linda ^c   Besser, Avi ^d   Smith, Deborah ^e   Zelenski, Alex ^c   Rosenkranz, Stacey ^f   Neria, Yuval ^b,g  

^a Westchester Jewish Community Services   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Wisconsin Lawyers Assistance Program   (United States)

^d SAPIR ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^e Wisconsin State Public Defender's Office   (United States)

^f WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^g NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attorneys; burnout; depression; functional impairment; PTSD; secondary traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; LAWYER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SECONDARY TRAUMATIC STRESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAWYERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WISCONSIN;

EID: 82955246663     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3182392c26     Document Type: Article

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