Interventions to reduce the consequences of stress in physicians: A review and meta-analysis

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 202, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 353-359

  Regehr, Cheryl ^a   Glancy, Dylan ^b   Pitts, Annabel ^a   Leblanc, Vicki R ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Wilson Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Burnout; Cognitive behavioral; Mindfulness; Physician; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL STRESS; BURNOUT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL STUDENT; META ANALYSIS; MINDFULNESS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL STRESS; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN STRESS; PSYCHOEDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS; STRESS INTERVENTION; STRESS MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

ADULT; ANXIETY; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899935958     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000130     Document Type: Article

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