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Occupational Diseases > Occupational Stress > Compassion Fatigue
... > Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Behavior > Behavioral Symptoms > Stress, Psychological > Occupational Stress > Compassion Fatigue
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Psychophysiology > Stress, Psychological > Occupational Stress > Compassion Fatigue
Psychological Phenomena > Psychophysiology > Stress, Psychological > Occupational Stress > Compassion Fatigue
... > Natural Science Disciplines > Biological Science Disciplines > Physiology > Psychophysiology > Stress, Psychological > Occupational Stress > Compassion Fatigue
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Behavior > Behavioral Symptoms > Mental Fatigue > Compassion Fatigue
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Signs and Symptoms > Fatigue > Mental Fatigue > Compassion Fatigue

Preferred term

Compassion Fatigue  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Related concepts

Entry terms

  • Secondary Trauma
  • Secondary Traumas
  • Secondary Traumatic Stress
  • Secondary Traumatization
  • Secondary Traumatizations
  • Stresses, Secondary Traumatic
  • Stress, Secondary Traumatic
  • Trauma, Secondary
  • Traumas, Secondary
  • Traumas, Vicarious
  • Traumatic Stress, Secondary
  • Traumatization, Secondary
  • Traumatizations, Secondary
  • Traumatization, Vicarious
  • Trauma, Vicarious
  • Vicarious Trauma
  • Vicarious Traumas
  • Vicarious Traumatization

Scope note

  • Emotional distress caused by repeated or prolonged expression of compassion or empathy. It may occur in individuals working in care giving professions.

History note

  • 2016

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000068376

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