title: Mental health and quality of life among Thai psychiatrists. . .
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To survey the mental health and quality of life among Thai psychiatrists.
  
  
  METHODS
  This cross-sectional descriptive study included all Thai psychiatrists. The postal survey was mailed out to allpsychiatrists. The questionnaires consisted ofthree parts: demographic data, the WHO Quality ofLife-BREF-Thai version and the Symptom Checklist 90-Revised-Thai edition. Correlation analysis was set up at 95% confident interval and p<0.05.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Response rate was 28%from all 650 psychiatrists. The respondents described normal state of mental health but female psychiatrists had tended more to suppress the psychological symptoms than male psychiatrists. The mental problem that might most disturb male psychiatrists under stress condition was obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Female psychiatrists tended to be disturbed when distressed by (1) anxiety, (2) somatization, (3) phobia, (4) depression, and (5) paranoia, respectively. The quality of life (QOL) of most psychiatrists was in the average level (77.5%). The older (>40 years old) psychiatrists had higher QOL than younger psychiatrists significantly (p = 0.027). QOL correlated significantly with not getting enough support from workplace (p = 0.007), colleagues (p = 0.026), lack of consultancy (p = 0.011) and lowjob satisfaction (p = 0.007). Better life quality in psychiatrists' group had better QOL in social relationships and satisfaction with the environment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Thai psychiatrists had mental health status within normal range. Male psychiatrists had obsessive-compulsive traits in stress response, but female psychiatrists had anxiety and somatization traits. Thai psychiatrists'quality of life was on the average level and most of them satisfied with their QOL.
authors.forename: Lampu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kosulwit
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011788:Quality of Life; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology