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, ...

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, ...

Behind every rescued animal is a caregiver at risk. Veterinary social workers are stepping in to save the lives of those who ...

Compassion fatigue is real. ... more people in helping professions struggling with the effects of their work,” says Gianvecchio, a licensed master social worker.

Compassion Fatigue among Healthcare, Emergency and Community Service Workers: A Systematic Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health .

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 ...

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.

ShutterstockThe toll of COVID on our health-care workers has been brutal, with many saying they want to quit their jobs. The World Health Organization says burnout, coupled with an ageing ...