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Treating compassion fatigue / edited by Charles R. Figley. - New York : Brunner-Routledge, 2002. - viii, 227 p. : illus. ; hbk ; 24 cm. - Psychosocial stress series ; no. 24 . - Brunner-Routledge psychosocial stress series ; no. 24. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. Diagnosis and treatment of helper stresses, traumas, and illnesses --
Ch. 2. The trauma of working with traumatized children --
Ch. 3. Stress responses of mental health workers following disaster: the Oklahoma City Bombing --
Ch. 4. Secondary traumatic stress in case managers working in community mental health services --
Ch. 5. Measuring compassion satisfaction as well as fatigue: developmental history of the Compassion Satisfaction and fatigue Test --
Ch. 6. The Accelerated Recovery Program (ARP) for compassion fatigue --
Ch. 7. Humor as a moderator of compassion fatigue --
Ch. 8. The silencing response in clinical practice: on the road to dialogue --
Ch. 9. Trauma treatment training for Bosnian and Croatian mental health workers --
Ch. 10. Strategies for managing disaster mental health worker stress.

ISBN: 1583910530

LCCN: 2002018281

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Medical personnel--Job stress.
Burn out (Psychology)--Treatment.
Secondary traumatic stress--Treatment.
Health Personnel--psychology.
Stress, Psychological--therapy.
Burnout, Professional.
Empathy.

LC Class. No.: RC451.4.M44 / T74 2002

Dewey Class. No.: 616.89

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WM 172 / T7837 2002