Can caring too much hurt your mental health? It's called compassion fatigue, and mental health experts say it's a phenomenon that occurs most commonly in people who work in professions like ...

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Compassion fatigue can affect the most dedicated workers—people who continue to help by working extra shifts or foregoing days off, neglecting their own self-care.

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Language is a key motivator to donate to charities. Unfortunately, the language used by charities is diluted – compassion fatigue is a problem for all charities. In 2016, UNICEF was aiming for a 28% ...

compassion fatigue; and self-care. Her years in social work education have focused on faculty liaison work, integrative seminar, practice based research, ethics, experiential learning, and utilization ...

Daily exposure to suffering, ethical dilemmas and high-pressure situations can lead to compassion fatigue, moral distress and burnout. Compassion fatigue arises when professionals feel emotionally ...