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I like their structure, the identified populations, and connecting on the concept to related terms.

I think it might be helpful to summarize related terms for secondary trauma such as vicarious traumatization and I was not sure what STS is. You did a good job summarizing populations. I was wondering if there is any literature on treatment options or early intervention strategies that have been used to reduce trauma symptoms. That might be good to add as well. Caseymcginnis (talk) 06:00, 31 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Compassion Fatigue

I think the currently provided definition of Compassion Fatigue as "a health care professional" after being exposed to the suffering and distress of their "patients" is limiting, and probably refers to the definition provided in the source citied. Even though CF was originally coined in relation to nurse, we might consider expanding it to "helping professions" which would be more consistent with Figley's 1995 definition cited on the compassion fatigue page.

"Individuals working in other helping professions are also at risk for experiencing compassion fatigue.[4] These include child protection workers,[5] veterinarians,[6] clergy, teachers,[7] social workers, palliative care workers,[8] journalists,[9] police officers,[10] firefighters, animal welfare workers, public librarians, health unit coordinators,[11] and Student Affairs professionals.[12]"

--ReamesSC (talk) 18:00, 28 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]