Building Compassion Fatigue Resilience: Awareness, Prevention, and Intervention for Pre-Professionals and Current
Melissa L Paiva-Salisbury1, Kerry A Schwanz1
1Conway, SC USA.
Journal of Health Service Psychology
|February 9, 2022
Summary
Compassion fatigue (CF) is extreme stress for helping professionals, often overlooked in healthcare. Early identification and evidence-based strategies like acceptance and commitment therapy can build resilience.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Healthcare Professional Well-being
- Clinical Psychology
Background:
- Compassion fatigue (CF) is a significant stress and burnout experienced by helping professionals.
- Lack of awareness and education on CF symptoms complicates treatment for mental health clinicians.
- CF symptoms overlap with PTSD, depression, insomnia, and substance abuse disorders, necessitating careful assessment.
Purpose of the Study:
- To discuss evidence-based assessments for CF symptoms and overlapping conditions.
- To highlight unique ethical considerations in treating clinicians and pre-professionals.
- To advocate for improved graduate education and training site support for psychological well-being.
Main Methods:
- Review of evidence-based assessment tools for CF.
- Discussion of screening measures for conditions with overlapping symptoms.
- Exploration of ethical considerations in treating peer professionals.
Main Results:
- Identified symptom overlap between CF and other mental health conditions.
- Highlighted the inadequacy of current training programs in preparing professionals for psychological well-being.
- Emphasized the ethical responsibility of psychologists to advocate for systemic change.
Conclusions:
- Clinicians require better education and tools to manage compassion fatigue.
- Training programs must evolve to support the psychological well-being of future helping professionals.
- Acceptance and commitment therapy offers a viable strategy for building professional resilience.
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