BACKGROUND: Occupational burnout in the most general terms is seen as a long-lasting stressful situation resulting from continuing occupational stress of moderate intensity. AIM: The objective this article to provide analysis psychiatrists and nurses psychiatric hospitals, development students residents. MATERIALS AND METHODS: level was determined using “Attitude work burnout” test, Seashore Gr...

INTRODUCTION Several studies have shown that workplace violence in the emergency department (ED) is common. Residents may be among the most vulnerable staff, as they have the least experience with these volatile encounters. The goal for this study was to quantify and describe acts of violence against emergency medicine (EM) residents by patients and visitors and to identify perceived barriers t...

In this month's issue, we focus on psychiatry and primary care. Many psychiatric disorders are managed in the primary care setting. Thus, the integration of psychiatric care with primary care services is critical. An article on the patient-centered medical home and mental health home models discusses improving healthcare coordination among physicians and other clinicians, providing a team-based...

Background: More psychiatric visits, especially non-emergency ones, to emergency departments (EDs) of general hospitals have been observed in recent years. The aim of this study was to determine the characteristics of psychiatric visits to the ED of Rasoul-e-Akram Hospital, Tehran, Iran. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, during a two-month period, all psychiatric presentations and consult...

This cross-sectional hospital-based study investigated the prevalence and pattern of psychiatric morbidity among 151 physically ill psychiatric-referred cases admitted various departments in BPKIHS. Consecutive referral cases were initially worked up by junior residents and diagnosis/differential diagnosis was made by consultant according to ICD-10 diagnostic guidelines. Of total 151; M: 77 (50...

The issues related to recruiting African American psychiatric inpatients are discussed in the context of a study on the influence of ethnicity on psychiatric diagnosis. Ethnically diverse psychiatric residents interviewed 960 Black and White inpatients in 2 urban psychiatric hospitals. Despite the obstacles cited in the literature about recruiting and retaining African Americans into research, ...

Aims and method In 2011, a psychiatric clinic was started in Pusat Al-Islah, a drug rehabilitation centre. Our aim was to record self-reported socio-occupational dysfunction and patterns of drug misuse and to evaluate the usefulness of a psychiatric screening tool. A two-phased approach using the Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ) and the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) was...

BACKGROUND Evaluations of physicians and residents have revealed concerning levels of psychosocial dysfunction. The purposes of this study were to determine the quality of life of orthopaedic residents and faculty and to identify the risk factors for decompensation. METHODS Twenty-one orthopaedic residents and twenty-five full-time orthopaedic faculty completed a 102-question voluntary, anony...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Graduate medical education program directors struggle with resident trainees who develop problems in academic and personal spheres leading to probation, resignation, or termination of training. These "residents in trouble" generate a disproportionate amount of work and can demoralize faculty and residents. Only two prior studies have identified the prevalence of reside...