This manuscript provides practitioners a gateway into understanding assessment instruments
for compassion fatigue. We first describe and then evaluate the leading assessments of …

discusses the emergence of information that forms the basis of our understanding of
Compassion Fatigue and Compassion Stress/recognize that something specific must be done to …

Few studies have focused on caring professionals and their emotional exhaustion from working
with traumatized clients, referred to as compassion fatigue (CF). The present study had 2 …

Objective: To describe the development and validation of the Secondary Traumatic Stress
Scale (STSS), a 17-item instrument designed to measure intrusion, avoidance, and arousal …

Published in the year 1985, Trauma and its Wake is a valuable contribution to the field of
Counseling and School Psychology.

… I first studied the consequences of helping the traumatized in 1971 (Figley, 2002b). It was
the first interview I conducted with a Vietnam War veteran named “Doc.” He served as a …

… Figley reviews the traumatology literature and suggests that what is missing is a conceptual
accounting of how and why people not directly at risk in traumatic situations nevertheless …

… 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 …

The double doors of Community Hospital's emergency entrance swung open and Jose and
Mary Allen rushed inside. Minutes ago they were phoned by the City Police Department and …

OBJECTIVES In an effort to explicate the nature and consequences of stress for people
living within families, we intend that our volumes reach five specific objectives:(a) to clearly …