Vicarious trauma, secondary traumatic stress or simply burnout? Effect of trauma therapy on mental health professionals

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorDevilly, G. J., Wright, R., & Varker, T.
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-29T14:53:16Z
dc.date.available2018-08-29T14:53:16Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractObjectives: The aim of the present study was to perform an assessment for secondary traumatic stress (STS), vicarious trauma (VT) and workplace burnout for Australian mental health professionals involved in clinical practice. Methods: Recruited directly by mail, randomly selected participants were invited to submit a questionnaire by post or online. Of the 480 participants contacted, 152 mental health professionals completed the questionnaire, which contained measures of STS, VT and burnout. Results: Exposure to patients’ traumatic material did not affect STS, VT or burnout, contradicting the theory of the originators of STS and VT. Rather, it was found that workrelated stressors best predicted therapist distress. Conclusions: These findings have significant implications for the direction of research and theory development in traumatic stress studies, calling into question the existence of secondary trauma-related phenomena and enterprises aimed at treating the consultants.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDevilly, G. J., Wright, R., & Varker, T. (2009). Vicarious trauma, secondary traumatic stress or simply burnout? Effect of trauma therapy on mental health professionals. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 43(4), 373-385.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.838.2495&rep=rep1&type=pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/3918
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatryen_US
dc.subjectsecondary traumatic stressen_US
dc.subjectmental health workersen_US
dc.subjectburnouten_US
dc.subjectcompassion fatigueen_US
dc.subjectvicarious traumaen_US
dc.subjectInternational Resourcesen_US
dc.subjectNew Zealanden_US
dc.titleVicarious trauma, secondary traumatic stress or simply burnout? Effect of trauma therapy on mental health professionalsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

Files

Collections

CALiO Collection of Resources