After serving in the Vietnam War, Charles Figley became interested in the concept of trauma—not only the lasting psychological wounds that people experienced after living through traumatic events ...

The Transcendental Meditation® technique helped to reduce "compassion fatigue" and burnout in a group of 27 nurses while also improving resilience according to a study published today in Journal for ...

Life can get pretty overwhelming. Especially after this past year in COVID-19, with constantly changing schedules, having to be "on" and ready at any moment, as well as the increase in ...

If you work in a professional setting that deals with other people’s trauma day in and day out — at a hospital, in a psychologist’s office, or at a homeless shelter, for example — you may experience a ...

Can caring too much hurt your mental health? It's called compassion fatigue, and mental health experts say it's a phenomenon that occurs most commonly in people who work in professions like caretaking ...

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Carolina Pulido Ariza does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

We're all tired and could do with a four-day working week... and have a lot going on in our personal lives. But, while you may have heard of burnout (where prolonged stress affects our wellbeing), ...

Whether it’s in the airport, a school board meeting, a grocery store, or your own neighborhood, it seems that the dividing line between the vaxxers and the anti-vaxxers is one of the most clear-cut ...

Last year, Eric Singhi, MD, a thoracic medical oncologist at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, noticed a shift in his team. The small band of four clinicians, once motivated and enthusiastic, were ...

Julliette Watt says compassion fatigue is when “giving is no longer living.” She says, “Ask yourself what is the most important thing in your life? You’re going to say your children, your family, ...