Vicarious trauma and vicarious posttraumatic growth among substance abuse treatment providers

Substance Abuse

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 619-624

  Cosden, Merith ^a   Sanford, Ashley ^a   Koch, Lauren M ^a   Lepore, Caitlin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Posttraumatic growth; trauma; vicarious trauma

Indexed keywords

COMPASSION FATIGUE; COPING BEHAVIOR; COUNSELOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COMPASSION FATIGUE; COUNSELORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84995584234     PISSN: 08897077     EISSN: 15470164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2016.1181695     Document Type: Article

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