Predictors of Employment Burnout Among VHA Peer Support Specialists

Stephanie Grace Park1, Bei-Hung Chang1, Lisa Mueller1

  • 1Dr. Park was with the Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), Veterans Affairs (VA) Capitol Health Care Network (Veterans Integrated Service Network [VISN] 5), Baltimore, and the Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, at the time of the study and is now with Rockville Internal Medicine Group, Rockville, Maryland (e-mail: spark@priviamedicalgroup.com ). Dr. Chang is with the VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, and the Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester. Dr. Mueller and Dr. Eisen are with the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial (ENRM) Veterans Hospital, Bedford, Massachusetts, where Dr. Mueller is with VISN 1 MIRECC and Dr. Eisen is with the Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research. Dr. Eisen is also with the Department of Health Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston. Dr. Resnick is with VISN 1 MIRECC, West Haven, Connecticut, and the Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.

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