Stresses Experienced By Psychiatrists and Their Role in Burnout: a National Follow-Up Study

Kumar, Shailesh; Hatcher, Simon; Dutu, Gaelle; Fischer, Jesse; Ma’u, Etuini

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“…Low social support is a major predictor of occupational stress in doctors and nurses (Wu, Ge, Sun, Wang, & Wang, 2011;Wu, Zhao, Wang, & Wang, 2010); particularly in psychiatrists, high levels of social support are most strongly associated with low levels of poor mental health (Umene-Nakano et al, 2013). Receiving social support for work-related problems reduces work-related exhaustion and increases mental energy in psychiatrists (Shailesh, Simon, Gaelle, Jesse, & Etuini, 2011). In addition to families, friends and relatives, support from those in their working environment, such as colleagues, managers and patients, might help to lessen occupational stress in psychiatrists.…”

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Prevalence and Correlates of Psychological Symptoms in Chinese Doctors as Measured with the SCL‐90‐R: A Meta‐Analysis

Dai

Zhang

Sun

et al. 2015

Research in Nursing & Health

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Poor mental health in doctors appears to be a global phenomenon, but there are limited data on changes in doctors' psychological symptoms over time in mainland China. Through a detailed meta-analysis of cross-sectional studies, our aim was to examine the prevalence of psychological symptoms in Chinese physicians as measured with the Symptom Checklist 90-R (SCL-90-R) and to explore the factors associated with doctors' mental health. A comprehensive search was performed in major English and Chinese databases. Thirty studies involving a total of 6,099 subjects were included in the meta-analysis. The pooled estimates of psychological symptoms including somatization, obsession-compulsion, interpersonal-sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic anxiety, and paranoid ideation among doctors were significantly higher than those in the general population. Only psychoticism was similar in prevalence to Chinese population norms. The prevalence increased with the study year but decreased with physicians' increasing age. Doctors from central and western China experienced more mental health symptoms than those from eastern China. Psychiatrists scored significantly less favorably than other doctors on most subscales of the SCL-90-R. Doctors' mental health may be associated with age discrepancy, quantitative workload, effort-reward ratio, doctor-patient relationships, professional identity, and individual traits. To minimize the risk of poor mental health in doctors, screening and professional intervention services should be provided at early career stages to raise physicians' awareness about the importance of maintaining psychological well-being and to reduce the prevalence of psychological symptoms.

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Section: Implications For Program Improvement In Chinamentioning

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Prevalence and Correlates of Psychological Symptoms in Chinese Doctors as Measured with the SCL‐90‐R: A Meta‐Analysis

Dai

Zhang

Sun

et al. 2015

Research in Nursing & Health

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“…Psychiatrists often work with threatening patients in isolation, experience violence and patient suicide, need to make critical decisions within multidisciplinary teams with unclear role definitions, and have to predict the risk of loss of life or serious injury when discharging difficult patients 9 . A recent study also lists long working hours, an aggressive administrative environment, and low pay as major correlates of emotional exhaustion among psychiatrists 10 . An important consequence of the above conditions seem to be the recent crisis in the recruitment and retention of psychiatrists, both in the UK and abroad 11,12 .…”

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Burnout, occupational stressors, and social support in psychiatric and medical trainees

Sochos

Bowers²

2012

Eur. J. Psychiat.

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-Background and Objectives: Although previous research reports that psychiatrists experience greater work-related distress than other specialties, very little is known about how psychiatric trainees compare to their medical colleagues. The aim of this study was to compare psychiatric and general medical trainees in burnout, work stressors, and social support and investigate potential buffering effects of social support.Methods: This cross-sectional study included 112 psychiatric and 72 general medical trainees, based in the UK. Participants completed three questionnaires on-line: Maslach Burnout Inventory, Specialist Doctors' Stress Inventory, and Social Support Scale.Results: According to the findings, psychiatric trainees reported less burnout, fewer time demands, more consultant and emotional support but less family support than general medical trainees. In addition, social support moderated the effects of specialty on burnout, as it substantially reduced depersonalisation in medical but not in psychiatric trainees.Conclusions: Findings may reflect recent changes in psychiatric training in the UK. Factors contributing specifically to medical trainees' burnout and factors potentially preventing psychiatric trainees from utilising social support need to be explored in future research. The cross-sectional design and the low response rate were the main limitations of the study.

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“…18 Kumar et al found that psychiatrists invariably gave higher scores to factors described as protective against burnout: job satisfaction and professional supervision. 19 Kara et al found that being employed as psychologist was linked to greater PA. 20 In many parts of the world, psychosocial specialists, including psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and counselors, address the psychological and emotional needs of cancer patients and their families. 21 Only 1 study has published the prevalence of burnout among psychosocial specialists working in oncology.…”

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Dual role as a protective factor for burnout‐related depersonalization in oncologists

Pang

Zhang

et al. 2017

Psycho-Oncology

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Stresses Experienced By Psychiatrists and Their Role in Burnout: a National Follow-Up Study

Abstract: Most factors associated with burnout are preventable and can be managed jointly between psychiatrists and administrators. Service providers need to address burnout seriously.

Cited by 36 publications

References 21 publications

Prevalence and Correlates of Psychological Symptoms in Chinese Doctors as Measured with the SCL‐90‐R: A Meta‐Analysis

Prevalence and Correlates of Psychological Symptoms in Chinese Doctors as Measured with the SCL‐90‐R: A Meta‐Analysis

Burnout, occupational stressors, and social support in psychiatric and medical trainees

Dual role as a protective factor for burnout‐related depersonalization in oncologists

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