The British Journal of Psychiatry (2008) 193: 165-166. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.108.051532
© 2008 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
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SHORT REPORTS

Differences in psychological effects in hospital doctors with and without post-traumatic stress disorder

Sharon Einav, MD

Department of Anesthesia

Arieh Y. Shalev, MD, Hadas Ofek, MSc and Sara Freedman, PhD

Department of Psychiatry

Idit Matot, MD

Department of Anesthesia

Carolyn F. Weiniger, MB, ChB

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

Correspondence: Carolyn F. Weiniger, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel, POB 12000. Email: carolynfweiniger{at}gmail.com

Declaration of interest

None. Funding detailed in Acknowledgements.

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.