Overview

Sometimes called secondary traumatic stress, compassion fatigue describes the traumatic effect and the toll that helping those suffering with PTSD can have on the helping professioal. The objective of this book is to aid the identification, assessment, and treatment of compassion fatigue and this is done over eleven chapters, each from distinguished researchers in the field.

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Author:   Charles R. Figley (Tulane University, Louisiana, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Brunner-Mazel Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.600kg
ISBN:  

9781583910535

ISBN 10:   1583910530
Pages:   236
Publication Date:   28 June 2002
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Section I: Contemporary Views andFindings Introduction: Treating Compassion Fatigue, Charles Figley 1. Diagnosis and Treatment of Helper Stresses Traumas and Illnesses, Paul Valent 2. The Trauma of Working with Traumatized Children, TracyWoodard-Myers and Thomas A. Cornille 3. Stress Responses of Mental Health Workers Following Disaster: The Oklahoma City Bombing, David F. Wee and DianeMyers 4. Secondary Traumatic Stress in Case Managers Working in Community Mental Health Services, LenoreMeldrum, Robert King, and Darren Spooner 5. Measuring Compassion Satisfaction As Well As Fatigue: Developmental History of the Compassion Satisfaction and Fatigue Test, B. Hundall Stamm Section II: Treatment and PreventionInnovations 6. The Accelerated Recovery Program for Compassion Fatigue, Eric Gentry, Anna B. Baranowsky andKathleen 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 Croation 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 Index

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Charles Figley, Ph.D., is a pioneer in the field of trauma studies. He is the Director of the Traumatology Institute and the founding Director of the Green Cross Projects in the School of Social Work at Florida State University. He is the founding president of the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies, the founding editor of the Journal of Traumatic Stress and editor of Traumatology. Among Dr. Figley's numerous publications are TheTraumatology of Grieving (1998) and the benchmark work, Compassion Fatigue: Coping With Secondary TraumaticStress Disorder in Those Who Treat the Traumatized (1995).

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