Journal of Behavior Therapy and Mental Health
Open Access
Compassion Fatigue and Adopted Coping Strategies of Mental Health Service Providers Working in A Regional Psychiatric Hospital in Nigeria
Sep 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-9273.jbtm-16-1195
Joyce OmoaregbaCorresponding author
Consultant Psychiatrist at Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Uselu, PMB 1108, Benin City, Nigeria.
Background: Mental health service providers sometimes suffer burden resulting from their care of mentally ill individuals, and this burden could be modulated by the coping mechanisms they adopt. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the relationships between gender, coping strategy and compassi…