Burnout, Self-Care and Compassion Fatigue

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- Bedsworth, J. (2013). Practical Tools to Avoid Compassion Fatigue. https://publicdefender.mo.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Bedsworth-Compassion-Fatigue-PP.pdf

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- Paiva-Salisbury, M. L., & Schwanz, K. A. (2022). Building Compassion Fatigue Resilience: Awareness, Prevention, and Intervention for Pre-Professionals and Current Practitioners. Journal of health service psychology, 48(1), 39–46. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42843-022-00054-9

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article References:
Arjmand, H.-A., O'Donnell, M. L., Putica, A., Sadler, N., Peck, T., Nursey, J., & Varker, T. (2024). Mental health treatment for first responders: An assessment of mental health provider needs. Psychological Services. https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000832

Hansel, T. C., & Saltzman, L. Y. (2023). Secondary traumatic stress and burnout: The role of mental health, work experience, loneliness and other trauma in compassion fatigue in the healthcare workforces. Traumatology. https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000478

Kendall-Tackett, K. (2023). Recent research on secondary trauma. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 15(Suppl 2), S201–S202. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001588

Leung, T., Schmidt, F., & Mushquash, C. (2023). A personal history of trauma and experience of secondary traumatic stress, vicarious trauma, and burnout in mental health workers: A systematic literature review. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 15(Suppl 2), S213–S221. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001277

Plevinsky, J. M., Carmody, J. K., & Young, M. A. (2022). Introduction to the special issue on pediatric adherence and self-management: Topical reviews and clinical applications of evidence-based assessment and intervention. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology, 10(4), 357–361. https://doi.org/10.1037/cpp0000469

Wright, A. J., Pade, H., Gottfried, E. D., Arbisi, P. A., McCord, D. M., & Wygant, D. B. (2022). Evidence-based clinical psychological assessment (EBCPA): Review of current state of the literature and best practices. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 53(4), 372–386. https://doi.org/10.1037/pro0000447