Understanding the burnout experience: Recent research and its implications for psychiatry

World Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 103-111

  Maslach, Christina ^a   Leiter, Michael P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burnout; burnout interventions; burnout measures; cynicism; depression; exhaustion; health care; psychiatric staff; work engagement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXHAUSTION; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHIATRY; RELAXATION TRAINING; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME MANAGEMENT; VIOLENCE; WORK RESUMPTION; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 84973163335     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: 20515545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wps.20311     Document Type: Article

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