Staff happiness and work satisfaction in a tertiary psychiatric centre

Baruch, Yehuda; Swartz, Marnina; Sirkis, S.; Mirecki, Ilona; Barak, Yoram

doi:10.1093/occmed/kqt087

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“…Specifically, psychiatrists and mental health professionals are at particular risk of decreased life satisfaction and burnout syndrome (Baruch et al, 2013). This risk, however, does not appear to be linked solely to the profession, as it is already noted that one of the major predictors of future illness in physicians are certain personality traits present even at graduation time, these being higher levels of neuroticism and lower levels of extraversion (Silva, 2013).…”

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Happiness and Defense Styles in Psychiatrists

Machado

Tavares

Petribú

et al. 2016

Journal of Nervous &Amp; Mental Disease

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The aim of this study was to measure happiness in a sample of Brazilian psychiatrists and correlate it with the defense styles used by them and sociodemographic data. This study was observational, cross-sectional, and analytical. Data were collected through self-administered questionnaires by Brazilian psychiatrists who participated in the XXXII Brazilian Congress of Psychiatry, 2014. In this sample of psychiatrists, happiness levels were high (scoring 5.69 of a total of 7), and mature defense styles prevailed, especially humor and anticipation. In a multivariate analysis, having children, good sleep quality, increased sexual interest, and use of defense styles such as humor, anticipation, and idealization all showed a positive relationship with happiness; on the other hand, using defense style such as acting out or annulment demonstrated a negative relationship with happiness. Despite the well-known professional burden that they bear, Brazilian psychiatrists surveyed presented, in general, high levels of subjective well-being and happiness.

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“…Few, however, have studied happiness itself in this population (Baruch et al, 2013). Even fewer of these studies consider happiness in medicine, specifically in psychiatry (Cloninger, 2006), which is important because happier people and communities tend to be healthier, whereas the opposite is also true (Subramanian et al, 2005).…”

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“…The highest levels of happiness were reported by psychologists and social workers. The highest levels of work as a calling were reported by psychiatrists, followed by psychologists and social workers [49]. In summary, it should be stated that personal development and, consequently, satisfaction with life and continuous improvement of an individual's level of functioning are only possible when the individual is able to look ahead and to become involved in activities so far-reaching that they are worth living for.…”

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Life satisfaction and risk of burnout among men and women working as physiotherapists

Śliwiński¹,

Starczyńska²,

Kotela³

et al. 2014

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

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Objectives: Recently in Poland as a result of the high rate of aging population and high rates of morbidity, a growing demand for the physiotherapist profession is observed. The results of this study can be used to formulate principles for better organization of physiotherapist's workplace in order to prevent occurrence of burnout. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of gender on satisfaction with life and burnout among active physiotherapists. Material and Methods: The survey was anonymous and voluntary, and involved a group of 200 active physiotherapists working in health care units and educational centers in Poland. The study group was selected randomly and incidentally. Each respondent received a demographic data sheet and a set of self-rating questionnaires (Life Satisfaction Questionnaire, Burnout Scale Inventory). Results: Burnout among men decreased along with increasing satisfaction with one's work and occupation, friends, relatives and acquaintances, sexuality, and increased due to greater satisfaction with one's housing status. Burnout among women decreased along with increasing satisfaction with one's health, free time and friends, relatives and acquaintances, and increased due to work at a setting other than a health care unit or educational center. Statistical analysis failed to reveal any significant differences with regard to the BSI domains and with regard to the overall burnout index as well as with regard to the assessment of satisfaction with life between female and male physiotherapists. Conclusions: Satisfaction with children, marriage and partnership, with one's work and occupation, interactions with friends, relatives and acquaintances and sexuality may contribute to reduction of burnout among men. Women who are satisfied with their children, family, health, free time and contacts with friends, relatives and acquaintances are less prone to burnout. Weak financial situation among women and deficiency of free time among men can induce burnout. Improving staff happiness may contribute to decreasing burnout.

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“…For example, a study comparing psychotherapy versus paying monetary damages in legal compensation cases showed that psychological approaches may be up to 32 times cheaper than financial compensation, as well as being more effective in promoting health and happiness in patients potentially involved in litigation 79 . The understanding of what promotes happiness in people can also be useful for mental health professionals themselves since they are at risk of decreased life satisfaction and burnout syndrome; this can have negative consequences for psychiatric patients, since high levels of stress in these professionals predict therapeutic problems in general 80 .…”

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Happiness and health in psychiatry: what are their implications?

Machado¹,

Tavares²,

Petribú³

et al. 2015

Arch. Clin. Psychiatry (São Paulo)

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Background: Happiness is a lasting state and is associated with the absence of negative emotions, the presence of positive emotions, life satisfaction, social engagement and objectives in life. Researchers have demonstrated the benefits of happiness in many aspects of life, but few studies have been conducted within psychiatry. Objectives: To develop a critical literature review of studies on happiness and health in order to bring some further and useful information to psychiatry updating the article "Happiness: a review" published in 2007 in Revista de Psiquiatria Clínica. Methods: Computational searching was undertaken of digital data basis (PubMed and SciELO) using the keywords "happiness" and "health". One hundred twenty-seven papers published between 2004 and 2014 were found, but only 76 had the keywords in the title or abstract and with this were selected. Results: Personality traits, such as self-direction; being married; being involved in physical and leisure activities; higher educational backgrounds and intelligence quotient; religiosity, volunteering and altruism; good physical and mental health; were positively related to happiness. Discussion: Analysis of the concept of happiness and its associated emotions may be more complex than describing the symptoms of psychiatric disorders. Despite this, the study of happiness brings several positive implications for psychiatry.

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Staff happiness and work satisfaction in a tertiary psychiatric centre

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Happiness and Defense Styles in Psychiatrists

Happiness and Defense Styles in Psychiatrists

Life satisfaction and risk of burnout among men and women working as physiotherapists

Happiness and health in psychiatry: what are their implications?

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