Background. Health care professionals in the United Kingdom (UK) appear to have higher
absence and sickness rates than staff in other sectors, and stress may be a reason for …

There is a growing body of evidence that suggests that many community mental health
nurses (CMHNs) experience considerable stress and burnout. This review aimed to bring …

Many pieces of research have been undertaken in recent years that consider stress in
statutory social work. The research has tended, inevitably, to focus on negatives in social …

This paper reports on an investigation of three interdisciplinary mental health teams. The
discussion of the responses highlights the boundaries that exist between different …

'A comprehensive text addressing this issue is welcome and this book addresses service
provision for older people with disabilities from a UK, USA and Australian perspective. The …

Methods Studies included in the review were research articles from 1966 to 2000
undertaken in the UK that specifically identified participants as mental health social workers …

Since the 1990s managerialism has spread across the public sector, implementing private
sector practices targeting greater efficiency in public services. Consequently, reforms …

Supplemented by a case illustration, findings from a study in Wales are reported for the first
time from the application of two new instruments for measuring rewards and stresses among …

The purpose of this study is to examine main effects of workload, role ambiguity, and social
support on social workers' burnout in Turkey. Data were obtained from 222 social workers …

This article reports on an innovative way to measure the expected working life of social
workers and social care professionals using a methodology already developed in studies of …