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

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 ...

Health-care workers can mitigate against compassion fatigue by making time for themselves, enforcing work boundaries, and creating a better work-life balance. Strategies such as mindfulness ...

Several factors are contributing to the increasing prevalence of empathy fatigue. The blurring boundaries between work and home, global crises, social upheaval, and economic uncertainty all play a ...

In the nearly 50 years since Figley began researching these concepts, compassion fatigue has been primarily studied among people in “caring professions” like health care and social work, who ...

Health worker burnout and “compassion fatigue” are putting patients at risk. ... COVID-19 disruptions meant less access to social supports.

This study, which was funded by a Refinement Grant from AWI, examined the impact of nonhuman primate social housing status on compassion fatigue in laboratory animal care professionals, who are at an ...

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 ...