TY - JOUR AU - Zantinge, Else M. AU - Verhaak, Peter FM AU - de Bakker, Dinny H. AU - van der Meer, Klaas AU - Bensing, Jozien M. PY - 2009 DA - 2009/08/26 TI - Does burnout among doctors affect their involvement in patients' mental health problems? A study of videotaped consultations JO - BMC Family Practice SP - 60 VL - 10 IS - 1 AB - General practitioners' (GPs') feelings of burnout or dissatisfaction may affect their patient care negatively, but it is unknown if these negative feelings also affect their mental health care. GPs' available time, together with specific communication tools, are important conditions for providing mental health care. We investigated if GPs who feel burnt out or dissatisfied with the time available for their patients, are less inclined to encourage their patients to disclose their distress, and have shorter consultations, in order to gain time and energy. This may result in less psychological evaluations of patients' complaints. SN - 1471-2296 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-10-60 DO - 10.1186/1471-2296-10-60 ID - Zantinge2009 ER -