Here are articles on compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma that I have come across recently. Many of these were sent to me by the lovely Karen B. (thank you!) and other colleagues (thank you Natalie, Leslie, Kathleen, Jack, to name a few). If you are a trainer, you may find some of these helpful. I will try and post a list of relevant articles once a month or so. Feel free to send me things you come across as well.
Mental Health in the Workplace
Thorpe, K., Chénier, L. Report: Building Mentally Healthy Workplaces: Perspectives of Canadian Workers, The Conference Board of Canada, 2011. Click here for link.
Nursing
Sabo, B. Reflecting on the Concept of Compassion Fatigue in Nursing Care. The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing. 2011;16(1) Click here to download.
Cancer Care
Emanuel, L. et al. Combating Compassion Fatigue and Burnout in Cancer Care. Medscape Nurses, 2011. Click here to download.
Physicians
De Oliveira, G.S. et al, High Incidence of Burnout in Academic Chairpersons of Anesthesiology: Should we be taking better care of our leaders? Anesthesiology 2011, 114: 181-93. Click here to download.
Hyman, S.A. et al, Risk of burnout in Perioperative Clinicians, Anesthesiology 2011; 114: 194-204. Click here to download.
Solomon, S. Sharing Circles Prevent Physician Burnout, National Review of Medicine, July 2008. Vol 5, No 7. Click here to download.
Organizational Health
Portnoy, D. Burnout and Compassion Fatigue: Watch for the Signs. Health Progress, July-August 2011. Click here to download.
Conference Board of Canada. Women in Senior Management – Where are they? Conf Board Report, August 2011. Click here for link.
Concentration/Overload
Goulston, Mark. Does everyone have ADD? The problems of “pseudo-Add” and “concentration interruptus.” Huffington Press. Click here to view.
Tierney, J. Do you suffer from Decision Fatigue? New York Times, August 17, 2011. Click here to download.
Reflections on Clinical Work
Reynolds, V. Collective Ethics as a Path to Resistance, Insights, 2009. Click here to download.
And don’t forget this great link:
Headington Institute, Care for Caregivers Worldwide. Free online courses on resiliency, Vicarious Trauma and self care.
Thank you Francoise! This is so very helpful and very much appreciated!