Coping, mental health, and subjective well-being among mental health staff working in secure forensic psychiatric settings: Results from a workplace health assessment
| Autor: | Victoria Hartley, Tracy Wilkins, Jane L. Ireland, Carol Ann Ireland, Robert J. Cramer, Molly M. Long |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Adult
Hospitals Psychiatric Male medicine.medical_specialty National Health Programs Behavioral Symptoms Personal Satisfaction Burnout C810 Job Satisfaction Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic 03 medical and health sciences Social support 0302 clinical medicine Adaptation Psychological medicine Humans Subjective well-being Psychiatry Burnout Professional Applied Psychology Life satisfaction Social Support Forensic Psychiatry Middle Aged C842 Mental health Self Efficacy United Kingdom C800 030227 psychiatry Personnel Hospital Clinical Psychology C816 Cross-Sectional Studies Well-being Job satisfaction Female Occupational stress Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Psychological services. 17(2) |
| ISSN: | 1939-148X 1541-1559 |
| Popis: | Given raised rates of patient suicide and violence in secure psychiatric facilities, staff in such settings are arguably at increased risk for burnout and reduced mental health. The present article responds to the recent U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) call to assess workforce well-being. This article held the following aims: (1) to quantify existing levels of mental health (i.e., depression, anxiety, distress, and posttraumatic stress) and subjective well-being (i.e., job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and four domains of burnout) and (2) to evaluate Coping Self-Efficacy (CSE) and Need for Affect (NFA) as factors associated with staff mental health and subjective well-being. We conducted a voluntary cross-sectional health needs assessment of forensic mental health staff (N = 170) between 2017 and 2018 from one National Health Service (NHS) Trust. Descriptive findings suggest staff possessed nonclinical average ranges of mental health symptoms. Subjective well-being findings showed burnout was relatively low, whereas job and life satisfaction were modest. Regression models demonstrated that (a) thought/emotion stopping beliefs were negatively associated with psychological exhaustion; (b) social support beliefs were positively associated with life satisfaction and job enthusiasm; (c) NFA Avoidance was linked with poor mental health and burnout, and; (d) NFA Approach was positively associated with two health subjective well-being indicators. Overall, assessment results suggest NHS forensic mental health staff reported relatively good health. Cognitive- and emotion-focused coping beliefs demonstrate promise as content for prevention programming. Using Emotional Labor Theory, we offer psychological services-based recommendations for future prevention programming and research. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved). |
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