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The Pain of Helping

Psychological Injury of Helping Professionals

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  • Paperback: 176 pages
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  • Published: July 2004
  • ISBN: 978-0-415-94552-3
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Series: Routledge Psychosocial Stress Series.

The purpose of The Pain of Helping is to provide a source that identifies, condenses, and consolidates information pertaining to psychological injury. In addition to providing details regarding construct definition, information pertaining to symptomatology, assessment instruments (e.g. structured interview, questionnaires), treatment options, leading theoreticians, journals, books, and web sites are also included. This book will serve as a primary source and directory for additional information pertaining to psychological injury. To date, there has not been a concerted effort to synthesize and consolidate the literature of psychological injury and present this valuable information in a systematic and methodological fashion.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1:Traumatology: An Overview

Chapter 2:Stress

Chapter 3:Acute Stress Disorder

Chapter 4:Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Chapter 5: Compassion Fatigue/ Secondary Traumatic Stress Disorder

Chapter 6: Critical Incident Stress

Chapter 7: Vicarious Traumatization

Chapter 8: Burnout