Treating compassion fatigue / edited by Charles R. Figley.
"Helping the traumatized can be quite traumatizing.Compassion Fatigue is the latest in an evolving concept known in the field of traumatology as Secondary Traumatic Stress, or the stress experienced by caregivers. At focus in this volume are the assessment, treatment and prevention of Compassio...
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New York :
Brunner-Routledge,
2002.
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| Series: | Brunner-Routledge psychosocial stress series ;
no. 24. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Charles R. Figley
- Pt. I. Contemporary Views and Findings. 1. Diagnosis and Treatment of Helper Stresses, Traumas, and Illnesses / Paul Valent. 2. The Trauma of Working with Traumatized Children / Tracy Woodard Meyers and Thomas A. Cornille. 3. Stress Responses of Mental Health Workers Following Disaster: The Oklahoma City Bombing / David F. Wee and Diane Myers. 4. Secondary Traumatic Stress in Case Managers Working in Community Mental Health Services / Lenore Meldrum, Robert King and Darren Spooner. 5. Measuring Compassion Satisfaction as Well as Fatigue: Developmental History of the Compassion Satisfaction and Fatigue Test / B. Hudnall Stamm
- Pt. II. Treatment and Prevention Innovations. 6. The Accelerated Recovery Program (ARP) for Compassion Fatigue / J. Eric Gentry, Anna B. Baranowsky and Kathleen Dunning. 7. Humor as a Moderator of Compassion Fatigue / Carmen C. Moran. 8. The Silencing Response in Clinical Practice: On the Road to Dialogue / Anna B. Baranowsky. 9. Trauma Treatment Training for Bosnian and Croatian Mental Health Workers / Geoffry D. White. 10. Strategies for Managing Disaster Mental Health Worker Stress / Diane Myers and David F. Wee
- Epilogue / Charles R. Figley.