Mental health care providers are often so dedicated to helping others that they neglect to take care of themselves and risk the possibility of suffering emotional burnout. in burnout, compassion stress and fatigue: a guide for mental health professionals and caregivers, christine florio, msw, lpc. In burnout, compassion stress and fatigue: a guide for mental health professionals and caregivers, christine florio, msw, lpc, ladc, offers a comprehensive guide to learning about, preventing, and treating burnout and compassion stress and fatigue.. Purpose. the purpose of this review is to evaluate the literature related to emotional distress among healthcare professionals in the icu, with an emphasis on the prevalence of burnout and compassion fatigue and the available preventive strategies..
When a mental health professional feels emotional, physical, and psychological strain so much that it interferes with motivation, level of compassion toward clients, and overall thinking patterns. In 2012, the author worked with an act community mental health team at a time when the issue of compassion fatigue and burnout in mental health professionals was being researched in that jurisdiction4.. Thus, compassion fatigue causes concern among mental health professionals, and balint groups may represent a therapeutic strategy to help health professionals to face difficulties in challenging work environments..
