Sarkis says compassion fatigue can also damage the other relationships someone has in their life if they aren't aware of it. "Before you saw people as basically good," she says.

Compassion fatigue can also be thought of as secondary trauma, which means that you are traumatized even though you may not be the one undergoing the event, said Dr. Charles Figley, Kurzweg ...

Compassion fatigue acts as a “ survival strategy ” to overcome being exposed to the suffering of others. The media may also partly play a role in this phenomenon.

In the last year, we've seen devastating destruction and loss of life: Hurricanes Helene and Miltion, Texas floods, wildfires in Los Angeles, the shooting of two lawmakers in Minnesota, and the ...

Sometimes caring for others can take a toll on a person's mental health. Dr. Ali Mattu explains how compassion fatigue happens and how to work through it.

“Compassion fatigue can develop in anyone who works or volunteers in a helping profession, such as healthcare, social work, first responders, education, law enforcement, or the military,” says Justin ...

OBJECTIVE: The aims of this study were to implement a Peer Support Network (PSN) pilot project including education/training, peer support, and resiliency training and to explore how interventions ...

A growing number of cities across the United States are making it harder to be homeless. Philadelphia recently banned outdoor feeding of people in city parks. Denver has begun enforcing a ban on ...