Facing fierce competition, complicated interpersonal relationship, and intense social environment in modern society, we are living in a world of tension [1]. Especially for the occupational population, confronting frequent innovation on technology and knowledge and higher requirement on vocational skills, they are under growing occupational stress, which is not only the leading cause of occupat...

E challenges are commonplace in critical care settings. Questions about the boundaries of ethically permissible treatment, assessment of decisionmaking capacity, determining who ought to decide on the ultimate treatment plan, or potentially medically inappropriate treatment are part of everyday practice. Contradictory views can result in lack of consensus or unsatisfactory decisions between pat...

Background: Incivility has negative consequences in the workplace and remains a prevalent issue in nursing. Research has consistently linked incivility to nurse burnout and, in turn, to poor mental health and turnover intentions. To retain high quality nurses it is important to understand what factors might protect nurses from the negative effects of workplace mistreatment. Purpose: This study ...

Eight years ago, Occupational Medicine published Waddell and Burton's evidence-based occupational health guidelines for the management of low back pain at work [1]. This work remains one of the most frequently cited and accessed papers we have published. In this issue, Kim Burton and colleagues publish their evidence-based review of the management of work-relevant upper limb disorders and it wi...

OBJECTIVE Job and workplace characteristics, particularly among mental health workers, have been identified as "stressors". In this study, the objective was to assess the relationship between work performance and job burnout amongst staff at a psychiatric hospital. METHOD The respondents comprised 100 mental health professionals from Raazy Psychiatric Center, Tehran, Iran; including nurses, c...

Background: It is assumed that understanding moral distress and its correlated factors among mental health professionals would enhance of the ethical dilemmas are confronting. Objectives: To identify determinants Jordanian working in psychiatric in-patient settings. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive design was used, employing self-administered questionnaire. Results: Two- steps multiple hi...

OBJECTIVES Law and order enforcement tasks may expose special force police officers to significant psychosocial risk factors. The aim of this work is to investigate the relationship between job stress and the presence of mental health symptoms while controlling sociodemographical, occupational and personality variables in special force police officers. METHOD At different time points, 292 of ...