Compassion fatigue creeps in gradually, often unnoticed, until one day the physical and emotional toll becomes undeniable. Like many educators, I was too preoccupied with helping my students and ...

I vividly remember the first day my medical school classmates and I met our cadavers in the anatomy lab. Large body bags lay on metal tables that had been bolted to the floor. More than anything, I ...

designed by Charles R. Figley, founder of the International Traumatology Institute, measures levels of compassion fatigue, burnout, and satisfaction and can give those who take the test an indication ...

It’s important to self-regulate then in order to prevent compassion fatigue. They will follow your calm. Dr. Caroline Leaf says, “As you co-regulate with someone, the mirror neurons in their brain are ...

in Virginia, traveled to northern New Jersey to consult at the Bon Secours hospitals in Hoboken and Jersey City. She wasn’t there to help take care of the hospitals’ patients, but rather their staff ...

When tragedy takes the world stage, it can quickly become part of every conversation. But as much as it may feel imperative to stay fully engaged in the tragic updates and charged conversations about ...

Truly caring for or about someone can be exhausting — hence the term compassion fatigue. The phrase was first coined in 1992 by a nurse, Carla Joinson, to describe the physical, emotional, and ...

In the realm of health care, a caregiver can take many faces — doctor, nurse, hospice worker, child, spouse — but the emotional and physical demands of the role are universal.

We're all tired and could do with a four-day working week... and have a lot going on in our personal lives. But, while you may have heard of burnout (where prolonged stress affects our wellbeing), ...

People whose professions lead to prolonged exposure to other people's trauma can be vulnerable to compassion fatigue, also known as secondary or vicarious trauma; they can experience acute symptoms ...