Friday, August 26, 2005

Changes in mental health of UK hospital consultants since the mid-1990s

The Lancet: "Changes in mental health of UK hospital consultants since the mid-1990s

Cath Taylor, Jill Graham, Henry WW Potts, Michael A Richards and Amanda J Ramirez
Summary

We assessed changes in the mental health of UK hospital consultants from five specialties, on the basis of surveys done in 1994 (880 participants) and 2002 (1308 participants). The proportion of consultants with psychiatric morbidity rose from 27% (235) in 1994 to 32% (414) in 2002. The prevalence of emotional exhaustion increased from 32% (284) in 1994 to 41% (526) in 2002. Multivariate analyses showed that increased job stress without a comparable increase in job satisfaction accounted for the decline in mental health, which was especially marked in clinical and surgical oncologists. Action is needed to improve the working lives of consultants."

Thursday, August 18, 2005

Humanitarian Assistance & Development Co-operation - Bibliography

I am doing some research to assess the priority for mental health and psychological assistance (of any sort) in policy relating to peace-building
or reconstruction efforts after violent conflict.

I am currently looking over a few WHO, UN, DFID and USAID documents (i.e. 'Conflict Reduction and Humanitarian Assistance'), as found here:
http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/cida_ind.nsf/0/d8f4782dbad2af8985256aed004dd5df?OpenDocument

If you know of any more guideline documents worth looking at, I would be grateful if you could let me know by emailing me at this address.

Thank you!

Ruwan Ratnayake MHS
rratnaya@jhsph.edu