PURPOSE To systematically review articles reporting on depression, anxiety, and burnout among U.S. and Canadian medical students. METHOD Medline and PubMed were searched to identify peer-reviewed English-language studies published between January 1980 and May 2005 reporting on depression, anxiety, and burnout among U.S. and Canadian medical students. Searches used combinations of the Medical ...

conclusions physicians may encounter moral distress during their practice; therefore, the common causes of distress should be identified in order to prevent its occurrence. results results showed that the frequency of moral distress of physicians was 1.24 ± 0.63 and the intensity of moral distress and composite score of moral distress were 2.14 ± 0.80 and 2.94 ± 2.38, respectively. a significan...

To investigate the relationships between adolescent mental health and mobile phone dependence (MPD), academic burnout, coping styles as well underlying mechanisms, this study surveyed 1191 adolescents, using indicator scale, burnout questionnaire, simplified style SCI-90 self-report symptom inventory. The analysis results by structural equation modeling techniques are that: (i) MPD is a signifi...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this exploratory study was to obtain greater insight into the effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) on the mental health of employees. METHODS Using PsycINFO, PubMed, and CINAHL, we performed a systematic review in October 2015 of studies investigating the effects of MBSR and MBCT on various aspects of emp...

Work-related stress (of which burnout might be an example) is one of the most common work-related health problems. Currently, psychiatric illness (particularly depression, anxiety disorders, and stress related conditions) is the most common cause for long-term sick-leave in Sweden for women, and the second largest for men. Finding adequate strategies to prevent stress and burnout therefore seem...

The mental health of doctors is an issue of growing concern all over the world as it frequently interplays with their professional trainings and responsibilities. This study was done to determine the pattern and correlates of burnout among 204 doctors undergoing residency training. Eligible participants were interviewed using designed questionnaire, General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) and Mas...

the purpose of this research is to find the relationship between mental health and job burnout among the iranian ministry of health and medical education headquarters personnel.the population under study was all the working personnel in the headquarter of above-men-tioned organization in 2007. the sample size, based on the scientific determination of sample size, was calculated to be 387 people...