Burnout, compassion fatigue, and compassion satisfaction among staff in community-based mental health services

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 200, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 933-938

  Rossi, Alberto ^a   Cetrano, Gaia ^a   Pertile, Riccardo ^a   Rabbi, Laura ^a   Donisi, Valeria ^a   Grigoletti, Laura ^a   Curtolo, Cristina ^b   Tansella, Michele ^a   Thornicroft, Graham ^c   Amaddeo, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACERATA   (Italy)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burnout; Community based mental; Compassion fatigue; Compassion satisfaction; Health services; Staff

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPASSION FATIGUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; ITALY; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL QUALITY OF LIFE SCALE; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; SOCIAL WORKER; SOCIAL WORKER ATTITUDE; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84872403432     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.07.029     Document Type: Article

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