Treating Compassion Fatigue (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Figley, Charles R.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In recent years, much has occurred in the field of traumatology, including the widening of the audience and the awareness of PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). This book from celebrated traumatology pioneer Charles Figley, further clarifies the concept of compassion fatigue through theory, research, and treatment. The basic thesis of this book is 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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135454593
• Artikelnr.: 39265703

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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