title: Dentistry on the couch.
abstract: This article outlines some of the occupational stresses in dental practice. In a profession which combines skillful precision with aesthetics many dentists are vulnerable to stress-yet most practitioners minimize or deny the suggestion that they face "burn-out'. Regular seminars on pressures pertaining to dental practice would provide support to practitioners (at risk).
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Joffe
mesh_terms: D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D003815:Dentists / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D010551:Personality; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012944:Social Support; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy