Issues and controversies in the understanding and diagnosis of compassion fatigue, vicarious traumatization, and secondary traumatic stress disorder

International Journal of Emergency Mental Health

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 81-92

  Thomas, Rhiannon B ^a   Wilson, John P ^b  

^a Cleveland State University ^*

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compassion fatigue; Empathic identification; Occupational stress response syndromes; Traumatoid States; Vicarious traumatization

Indexed keywords

BURNOUT; CONCEPT FORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMPATHY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COUNTERTRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY); EMPATHY; FATIGUE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SELF CONCEPT; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 3242883538     PISSN: 15224821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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