Citation

Einav S, Shalev AY, Ofek H, Freedman S, Matot I, Weiniger CF. Br. J. Psychiatry 2008; 193(2): 165-166.

Affiliation

Department of Anesthesia, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Royal College of Psychiatry)

DOI

10.1192/bjp.bp.108.051532

PMID

18670006

Abstract

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can reduce performance. The association between PTSD and other psychopathologies among hospital doctors was examined using self-report questionnaires during a wave of suicide bombing in Jerusalem. Thirty-three doctors with PTSD symptoms and 155 without were compared on coping, burnout and acceptance of treatment. Doctors with PTSD symptoms demonstrated significantly more anxiety, depression, negative coping strategies and burnout. Hospital doctors who develop PTSD symptoms suffer greater burnout and manifest negative coping strategies but are reluctant to receive treatment.

Language: en