Predictors and Consequences of Veterans Affairs Mental Health Provider Burnout: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study

Kara Zivin   ^{1, 2 *} , MD, MS, PhD ;   Jennifer Kononowech   ^{1 *} , MSW ;   Matthew Boden   ^{3 *} , PhD ;   Kristen Abraham   ^{1, 4 *} , PhD ;   Molly Harrod   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Rebecca K Sripada   ^{1, 2 *} , PhD ;   Helen C Kales   ^{5 *} , PhD ;   Hector A Garcia   ^{6, 7 *} , PsyD ;   Paul Pfeiffer   ^{1, 2 *} , MD

¹ Center for Clinical Management Research, Department of Veterans Affairs, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

² Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

³ Program Evaluation and Resource Center and VA Office of Mental Health Operations, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, United States

⁴ Department of Psychology, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI, United States

⁵ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, United States

⁶ VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend Health Care System, Harlingen, TX, United States

⁷ Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, United States

*all authors contributed equally