Care for the Caregiver: What Works, What Doesn't

Abstract

Review definition by Figley (2005) Compassion fatigue is a state experienced by those helping people in distress; An extreme state of tension and preoccupation with the suffering of those being helped to the degree that it is traumatizing for the helper; The helper, in contrast to the person(s) being helped, is traumatized or suffers through the helper's own efforts to empathize and be compassionate; Often, this leads to poor self care and extreme self sacrifice in the process of helping; Together, this leads to compassion fatigue and symptoms similar to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 24, 2011
Accession Number
ADA556354

Entities

People

  • John M. Golden

Organizations

  • United States Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Brain Injuries
  • Caregivers
  • Combat Injuries
  • Digestive System Processes
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Information Operations
  • Military Medicine
  • School Violence
  • Social Media
  • Social Sciences
  • Sociology
  • Standards
  • Teamwork

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Psychology

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.