Social workers are at risk of developing “compassion fatigue”, which could affect both their mental health and their ability to perform their role effectively, a study has found. Researchers from the ...

Compassion fatigue, sometimes known as “vicarious trauma” or “secondary traumatic stress,” affects people who are exposed to the traumatic suffering of others, such as doctors, nurses, ...

Behind every rescued animal is a caregiver at risk. Discover how veterinary social workers are stepping in to save the lives ...

Researchers first identified compassion fatigue in the 1970s when they recognised certain psychological symptoms among health care and social service workers. The term “compassion fatigue” was ...

Compassion fatigue is becoming a hot topic especially among human service providers as awareness of its prevalence increases, said Dara Bergel Bourassa, an assistant professor of social work at ...

Meanwhile, researchers with the Tulane University School of Social Work are conducting a survey to determine the breadth of the compassion fatigue phenomenon among medical professionals fighting ...

Compassion fatigue is characterized by changes in one's level of empathy. ... For trauma workers, ... social isolation, emotional and physical exhaustion, or self-medicating with drugs, alcohol, ...

Compassion fatigue can affect your ability to do your work or complete daily activities — at least temporarily. There are signs that can indicate that you, or someone you know or work with ...

Compassion fatigue — it's the kind of emotional exhaustion we expect to see in police officers, paramedics, nurses and social workers. But could it affect the server at a restaurant who waits on ...

Compassion fatigue is a serious issue for those who work with animals, but some local veterinary professionals have found creative ways to address and deal with it. ... a clinical social worker, ...

What Is Compassion Fatigue and Why Are Lawyers Suffering From It? ... Though James-Townes and her colleagues feel compassion fatigue, she said social workers don't face the same stigma attorneys do.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Dr. Daniela Lamas, a pulmonary and critical-care physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, about the risk of compassion fatigue for the unvaccinated.