Psychology & Psychiatry
An excess of empathy can be bad for your mental health
Have you found yourself irritable, sad or close to tears when watching the news lately? If so, you are not alone.
Mar 14, 2022
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News tagged with compassion fatigue
Psychology & Psychiatry
Commit to a 'wellness streak' to help manage work stressors
Now that we're well into 2022, how is your New Year's resolution going? Did your new year, new me goals make it past the first week of January?
Jan 12, 2022
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Pediatrics
Spotting child abuse and neglect early requires caregiver curiosity
More training and emotional support is needed for school staff who are relied upon to keep children safe from abuse and neglect. That's one recommendation from a new report by the University of Portsmouth.
Oct 12, 2021
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Health
Almost a third of UK doctors may be 'burnt out' and stressed, poll suggests
Nearly one in three UK doctors may be 'burnt out' and stressed,' suggests the results of an in-depth survey, published in the online journal BMJ Open.
Jan 27, 2020
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Ped EM docs at risk for developing compassion fatigue, burnout, low compassion satisfaction
Pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) physicians are at risk for developing compassion fatigue (CF), burnout (BO), and low compassion satisfaction (CS), but proactive awareness of these phenomena and their predictors may allow ...
Jul 10, 2019
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Reliance on tech, daily strain are causing 'professional loneliness' in health care
Rushed clinical visits and an increased reliance on technology in medicine that replaces in-person communication between doctor and patient have led to "a kind of professional loneliness" and "a crisis in job satisfaction" ...
Feb 11, 2019
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Health
Female doctors show more empathy, but at a cost to their mental well-being
Female doctors show more empathy than male doctors. They ask their patients more questions, including questions about emotions and feelings, and they spend more time talking to patients than their male colleagues do. Some ...
Apr 24, 2018
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Health
Compassion fatigue low in wildlife carers
A survey of New Zealanders who work and volunteer as wildlife rehabilitators has found that most are able to keep a healthy balance despite the pressures of the role.
Jan 23, 2018
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Health
Stressed? Running on empty? It's not compassion fatigue
A 71-year-old man with advanced dementia is being wheeled into his residential care home by two paramedics after a scheduled MRI. They notice him smile as he feels the warmth of the morning sun on his usually forlorn face. ...
Jul 11, 2017
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Nurses can apply science of caring to combat compassion fatigue
The heart of healthcare is stressed. With longer shifts, staffing shortages and healthcare changes taxing our nurses, it's no surprise that up to 80 percent report suffering compassion fatigue at some point in their ...
May 26, 2016
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