Compassion Fatigue in the Treatment of Combat-Related Trauma During Wartime |
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Authors: | Jeni Tyson |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Veterans Affairs, VAMC, Lyons, NJ 07079, USA |
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Abstract: | This article utilizes relevant data on the troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, and a composite case of a clinician working
with combat survivors, in order to illustrate the potential for compassion fatigue in clinicians treating this cohort. Review of the literature on the effects of compassion fatigue related to combat trauma
and the impact of collective shared trauma is presented. This is done in order to emphasize the complexity of the provision
of war trauma treatment post 9/11 in the context of the ongoing wars. There is an urgent need for the mental health field
to continue to develop interventions and educational programs that will help mitigate the deleterious effects of compassion
fatigue in clinicians working with this population. |
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Keywords: | Compassion fatigue Combat trauma PTSD Shared trauma |
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