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Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS) impacts many individuals in the mental health field; as of 2013, the prevalence rates for STS amongst different professions is as follows: 15.2% among social workers, 16.3% in oncology staff, 19% in substance abuse counselors, 32.8% in emergency nurses, 34% in child protective services workers, and 39% in juvenile justice education workers. [2]
Vicarious trauma, conceptually based in constructivism, [12] [13] [14] arises from interaction between individuals and their situations. A helper's personal history (including prior traumatic experiences), coping strategies, support network, and other things interact with his or her situation (including work setting, nature of the work, and clientele served) and may trigger vicarious trauma.
[50] [51] These fields mentioned include: social workers, psychologists, oncologists, pediatrics, HIV/AIDs workers, EMS, law enforcement, and of course, and general healthcare workers like nurses, etc. [52] Social workers are one group that can experience compassion fatigue or STS from experiencing a singular trauma or it can be from traumatic ...
We’ve all been there…the nagging upset that comes from hearing about a friend, neighbor or family member’s catastrophic event. It happened to me recently, when a woman in my close friend ...
Researchers have shown that social media is a major risk factor for a person to develop trauma symptoms, [15] [16] or even be diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. [5] The frequency of exposure to traumatic or disturbing information through media is related to the development of anxiety and P.T.S.D.-related symptoms. [17]
Trauma, Violence, & Abuse is abstracted and indexed in MEDLINE/PubMed, Scopus, and the Social Sciences Citation Index.According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2019 impact factor is 6.325, ranking it 1st out of 44 journals in the category "Social Work", [1] 1st out of 47 journals in the category "Family Studies", [2] and 2nd out of 69 journals in the category "Criminology & Penology".
By consuming news of each mass shooting, we are experiencing what experts call secondary and collective trauma. And as our bodies are sending us signals, experts suggest that we start to pay ...
This phenomenon is known as secondary victimization. [35] While society targets secondary victimization mainly towards women, male victims can also feel shameful, or experience a loss of purity. [36] Secondary victimization is the re-traumatization of the sexual assault, abuse, or rape victim through the responses of individuals and institutions.