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Working conditions and job satisfaction of Argentinian psychiatrists: initial results of a comprehensive survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Elsa Wolfberg  and
Daniel Moldavsky
Elsa Wolfberg
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, and Head of the Faculty of Prevention in Psychiatry, Association of Argentinian Psychiatrists, Argentina
Daniel Moldavsky
Affiliation:
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Kings Mill Hospital, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, UK, email [email protected]
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Working in psychiatry is generally rewarding. However, it can also lack job satisfaction and be detrimental to personal life. Research findings indicate high rates of burnout (Kumar et al, 2007), impaired health status of practitioners (Korkeila et al, 2003), negative effects of violence in the workplace (Inoue et al, 2006) and lack of job satisfaction (Fischer et al, 2007; Bressi et al, 2009).

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International Psychiatry , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , May 2011 , pp. 41 - 43
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