Burnout, Self-Care and Compassion Fatigue

Department of Veterans Affairs

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- National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (NCP). (2014, June). Manage stress workbook (Department of Veterans Affairs), 7-11. https://www.umassmed.edu/globalassets/psychiatry/wellness/documents/managestressworkbook_dec2013.pdf

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Update
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction vs Escitalopram
for the Treatment of Adults
With Anxiety Disorders: A Randomized Clinical Trial

- Hoge, E. A., Bui, E., Mete, M., Dutton, M. A., Baker, A. W., & Simon, N. M. (2023). Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction vs Escitalopram for the Treatment of Adults With Anxiety Disorders: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA psychiatry, 80(1), 13–21. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.3679

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article References:
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

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

Rivera-Kloeppel, B., & Mendenhall, T. (2023). Examining the relationship between self-care and compassion fatigue in mental health professionals: A critical review. Traumatology, 29(2), 163–173. https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000362