Español 43-59 (Español (España))
FLIP
Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following terms:
Acta Colombiana de Psicología complies with international intellectual property and copyright laws, and particularly with Article No. 58 of the Political Constitution of Colombia, Law No. 23 of 1982, and the Agreement No. 172 of September 30, 2010 (Universidad Católica de Colombia Intellectual Property Regulation).
Authors retain their copyright and grant to the Acta Colombiana de Psicología the right of first publication, with the work registered under Creative Commons attribution license, which allows third parties to use the published material, provided they credit the authorship of the work and the first publication in this Journal.
Abstract
The study assesed the relationship between clinical practice variables and the Mental Health of Clinical Psychologists in Bogotá. the chosen sample had the following characteristics: experience in clinical practice minimum one year and five hours per week of clinical practice. The design was a correlational descriptive design. The used instruments were symptoms Questionnaire (SQR), to mesure the mental health and the Burnout Inventory (MBI). The data was analized using the SPSS with a 95% of significance. The resuls showed a significant correlation between the burnout syndrome and type of patients (children and adults), the patients who assist to therapy once a week, the specialized area, and the psychotic disorder; as well as between despersonalization and adult patients; between mild and moderate disorders and adult patients and the number of hours of clinical practice; and finally, between alcoholism risk and humanistic approach and work place.
