Compassion Fatigue

Emotional distress caused by repeated or prolonged expression of compassion or empathy. It may occur in individuals working in care giving professions.

Also Known As:

Secondary Trauma; Secondary Traumatic Stress; Secondary Traumatization; Vicarious Trauma; Vicarious Traumatization; Fatigue, Compassion; Secondary Traumas; Secondary Traumatizations; Stress, Secondary Traumatic; Stresses, Secondary Traumatic; Trauma, Secondary; Trauma, Vicarious; Traumas, Secondary; Traumas, Vicarious; Traumatic Stress, Secondary; Traumatization, Secondary; Traumatization, Vicarious; Traumatizations, Secondary; Vicarious Traumas

Signs and Symptoms Pathological Conditions
- Signs and Symptoms
  - Fatigue: 33404
    - Mental Fatigue: 414
      - Compassion Fatigue: 301
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
- Behavior
  - Behavioral Symptoms
    - Mental Fatigue: 414
      - Compassion Fatigue: 301
    - Psychological Stress
      - Occupational Stress: 1410
        Compassion Fatigue: 301
Psychological Phenomena
- Psychophysiology
  - Psychological Stress
    - Occupational Stress: 1410
      - Compassion Fatigue: 301

Krzysztof Kasparek Selected Research

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Therapy/Procedure