Nationwide survey of work environment, work-life balance and burnout among psychiatrists in Japan.

BACKGROUND: Psychiatry has been consistently shown to be a profession characterised by 'high-burnout'; however, no nationwide surveys on this topic have been conducted in Japan. AIMS: The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of burnout and to ascertain the relationship be...

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Main Authors: Wakako Umene-Nakano, Takahiro A Kato, Saya Kikuchi, Masaru Tateno, Daisuke Fujisawa, Tsutomu Hoshuyama, Jun Nakamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3572110?pdf=render