Mental Health Care for the Staff of a General Hospital

The present study was conducted to shed light on the fact about mental health care for the staff in a general hospital. It is well-known that hospital doctors and nurses suffer from high levels of stress.　　Early detection of worries and concerns of workers is important in mental health care. The imp...

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Published inJOURNAL OF THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION OF RURAL MEDICINE Vol. 62; no. 5; pp. 759 - 767
Main Authors NIMURA, Toshinori, SEKISHIMA, Kazumi, AOYAMA, Koushi, HASHIMOTO, Kiyoko, MIYAMOTO, Tadahisa
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Japanese
Published THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION OF RURAL MEDICINE 2014
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Summary:The present study was conducted to shed light on the fact about mental health care for the staff in a general hospital. It is well-known that hospital doctors and nurses suffer from high levels of stress.　　Early detection of worries and concerns of workers is important in mental health care. The improvement of mental health and prevention of stress-related disease should be considered according to the occupational category. There are few hospitals which have the specialists in mental health care for the staff.　　It is helpful to use unique support tools for encouraging employees in to recognize what causes them to feel stressed and understand problems that come from their environment.　　Over the period of 10, we have practiced mental health care for the hospital staff.　　We report the results of our efforts.
ISSN:0468-2513
1349-7421
DOI:10.2185/jjrm.62.759