The tired, retired, and recovered physician: Professional burnout versus major depressive disorder

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 175, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 716-719

  Messias, Erick ^a   Flynn, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CAREER PLANNING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATIGUE; MALPRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RETIREMENT;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATIGUE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN IMPAIRMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETIREMENT;

EID: 85050992834     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.17121325     Document Type: Article

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