The Toledo Police Department is adding new training for officers after the chief said viral interactions with youth reflected ...

Many people working in caregiving roles or high-pressure environments face emotional and physical exhaustion. Two terms often used to describe these experiences are burnout and compassion fatigue.

Sandy Bruno, youth and family coordinator at Comfort Zone Camp, a national nonprofit bereavement camp for grieving families, experienced compassion fatigue in the aftermath of her husband's death. She ...

The 20th-century French philosopher Simone Weil once said that compassion was an impossibility. She said it is "a more astounding miracle than walking on water." The word she used for meeting the ...

Julliette Watt says compassion fatigue is when “giving is no longer living.” She says, “Ask yourself what is the most important thing in your life? You’re going to say your children, your family, ...

Anyone who works in a “helping profession” can experience compassion fatigue — physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers, even first responders. Every specialty is vulnerable, from palliative ...

Last year, Eric Singhi, MD, a thoracic medical oncologist at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, noticed a shift in his team. The small band of four clinicians, once motivated and enthusiastic, were ...

Is caring for others leaving you feeling exhausted and burnt out? While a quick Google search of your symptoms, or even a visit to a doctor, may result in compassion fatigue being blamed as the ...

Understanding different types of caring ...

In a public Facebook thread of comments we followed recently, people were posting their reactions to a news story about the development of a COVID-19 vaccine. It had just been announced that 200,000 ...

The 20th-century French philosopher Simone Weil once said that compassion was an impossibility. She said it is “a more astounding miracle than walking on water.” The word she used for meeting the ...