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Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS) impacts many individuals in the mental health field and 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] There is a ...
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.
To a certain extent, the term "compassion fatigue" is considered somewhat euphemistic and is used as a substitute for its academic counterpart, secondary traumatic stress. Compassion fatigue has also been called secondary victimization, [21] [22] secondary traumatic stress, [23] vicarious traumatization, [24] and secondary survivor. [25]
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 ...
Secondary: Vicarious or secondary exposure to other's trauma. [30] Van der Kolk describes trauma as an experience and response to exposure to one or more overwhelming dangers, which causes harm to neurobiological functioning, and leaves a person with impaired ability to identify and manage dangers. [1]
“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” Emmy winner Mariska Hargitay joined Selena Gomez for a discussion on behalf of Interview magazine and said that she’s definitely got some “secondary ...
"When I started the show, I wasn’t aware of how deeply it would go into me," Hargitay admits of her experience shooting 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'
Another factor in secondary injury is loss of cerebral autoregulation, the ability of the brain's blood vessels to regulate cerebral blood flow. [5] Other factors in secondary damage are breakdown of the blood–brain barrier, edema, ischemia and hypoxia. [15] Ischemia is one of the leading causes of secondary brain damage after head trauma. [9]