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| Burnout and stress amongst old age psychiatrists | | Author(s) | Susan M Benbow, David J Jolley |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 17, no 8, August 2002 |
| Pages | pp 710-714 |
| Keywords | Psychiatrists ; Stress ; Hours of work ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | The authors have extended their work on old age psychiatrists's work patterns, perceived stressors and stress levels in 1993, 1997 and 1999 respectively. They sent a postal survey to all old age psychiatrists on the Royal College of Psychiatrists' Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry list. Participants completed a workload questionnaire, the Stress Checklist and the Maslach Burnout Inventory during a specified week. Burnout scores were unaffected by gender and team working, but old age psychiatrists scoring within the high burnout range were younger, scored highly on stress, spent less time on research, study and audit, and more time travelling. The whole group scored highly on emotional exhaustion. The finding relating to age is not fully understood, but suggests consideration of support groups for new consultants, and review of whether current training programmes adequately prepare people for work as consultants. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020903205 A |
| Classmark | QT9: QNH: WKD: 3F |
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