Secondary Traumatic Stress among Australian Mental Health Case Managers

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert King ◽  
◽  
Lenore Meldrum ◽  
Darren Spooner
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Secondary Traumatic Stress ◽  
Case Managers

Investigating Race-related Stress, Burnout, and Secondary Traumatic Stress for Black Mental Health Therapists

2021 ◽  
pp. 009579842110339
Author(s):  
E Mackenzie Shell ◽  
Daniel Teodorescu ◽  
Lauren D. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Secondary Traumatic Stress ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Mental Health Therapists ◽  
Quality Of Life Scale ◽  
Related Stress ◽  
Race Related Stress ◽  
Black Mental Health

The present study examines the relationships among burnout, secondary traumatic stress (STS), and race-related stress among a national sample of 250 Black mental health therapists (counselors, social workers, psychologists, and marriage and family therapists). We investigated the predictive nature of the three subscales (Individual Racism, Cultural Racism, and Institutional Racism) of the Index of Race-Related Stress–Brief Version (IRRS-B) and selected demographic variables on therapists’ reports of burnout and STS assessed on the Professional Quality of Life Scale–Version 5 (ProQOL-5). All three forms of race-related stress significantly predicted both burnout and STS for Black mental health therapists. Of the demographic variables, hours worked per week significantly predicted burnout and STS. Additionally, highest degree obtained significantly predicted STS for Black mental health therapists. The utility of these findings in understanding the connections among race-related stress, burnout, and STS are discussed as well as directions for future research.

Educators' Secondary Traumatic Stress, Children's Trauma, and the Need for Trauma Literacy

2019 ◽  
Vol 89 (3) ◽  
pp. 421-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
HAL A. LAWSON ◽  
JAMES C. CARINGI ◽  
RUTH GOTTFRIED ◽  
BRIAN E. BRIDE ◽  
STEPHEN P. HYDON
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
School Improvement ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Early Identification ◽  
Secondary Traumatic Stress ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Personal Lives ◽  
Trauma Informed

In this essay, authors Lawson, Caringi, Gottfried, Bride, and Hydon introduce the concept of trauma literacy, connecting it to students' trauma and educators' secondary traumatic stress (STS). Interactions with traumatized students is one cause of STS; others derive from other traumatic encounters in schools and communities. Undesirable effects of STS start with professional disengagement and declining performance, include spill-over effects into educators' personal lives, and, ultimately, may cause them to leave the profession. The authors contend that alongside trauma-informed pedagogies and mental health services for students, mechanisms are needed for STS prevention, early identification, and rapid response. To benefit from and advance this dual framework, educators need a trauma-informed literacy that enables self-care, facilitates and safeguards interactions with trauma-impacted students and colleagues, and paves the way for expanded school improvement models.

Psychological distress constructs in police with different roles

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 264-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isobel Sheard ◽  
Melissa Ellen Burnett ◽  
Helen St Clair-Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Compassion Fatigue ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Secondary Traumatic Stress ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Compassion Satisfaction ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Police Personnel

Purpose Police personnel report relatively high rates of mental health difficulties, and are at an increased risk of experiencing stress, burnout, secondary traumatic stress and anxiety as a result of the nature of their work and may also experience low compassion satisfaction. However, it is likely that the prevalence of psychological distress varies across roles. The purpose of this paper is to explore psychological distress, in a large sample of police personnel, examining differences between individuals in a number of police roles. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire assessing experience of mental health problems, perceived stress, compassion fatigue (burnout and secondary traumatic stress), compassion satisfaction and anxiety was administered to 602 police personnel, who were classified into one of ten roles (24/7 officers, communications, firearms, crime, resolution without deployment, neighbourhood, custody, safeguarding, operations and other roles). Differences based on role and the requirement for shift work were then examined. Findings 24/7 officers had higher compassion fatigue and lower compassion satisfaction than individuals in a number of other roles. Firearms officers had lower levels of perceived stress and anxiety. Resolution without deployment officers reported higher secondary traumatic stress and compassion fatigue. The findings also revealed that respondents who partake in shift work showed higher levels of perceived stress. Originality/value This is the first study to the authors’ knowledge to investigate experience of mental health problems and reports of psychological distress in different roles within a UK police force. The findings have important implications, for example, in terms of identifying groups who may be particularly at risk from psychological distress.

Doing More With Less: A Survey of Economic Precarity, Financial Strain, Burnout, and Secondary Traumatic Stress in Philadelphia’s Public Mental Health System

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Briana Shiri Last ◽  
Simone H. Schriger ◽  
Emily M. Becker-Haimes ◽  
Sara Fernandez-Marcote ◽  
Natalie Dallard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health System ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Mental Health System ◽  
Secondary Traumatic Stress ◽  
Public Mental Health ◽  
Financial Strain ◽  
Public Mental Health System ◽  
Mental Health Funding ◽  
Education Debt

Background: Efforts to increase the implementation of evidence-based interventions come at a time of rising inequality and cuts to public mental health funding. Clinicians in publicly funded mental health clinics face increased demands, work long hours, experience financial stress, and treat clinically severe, under-resourced patients. A detailed understanding of clinicians' economic precarity, financial strain, and job-related stressors, and an understanding of how these factors relate to treatment delivery, is needed. Methods: In July 2020, we surveyed 49 clinicians working in Philadelphia’s public mental health system who participated in a large-scale trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) training initiative. Respondents reported on professional burnout, economic precarity, financial strain, secondary traumatic stress, and self-reported use of TF-CBT. We examined associations between clinicians’ economic precarity, job-related stressors, and their TF-CBT use with mixed models. We used content coding to organize open-ended responses into themes.Results: Economic precarity, financial strain, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress among respondents was high. Thirty-seven percent of clinicians were independent contractors, and of those, 44% reported desiring a salaried position. Most clinicians (76%) had outstanding education loans, and of those, 38% reported over $100,000 in education debt. In the last year, 29% of clinicians went without personal mental healthcare due to cost. Most clinicians (73%) endorsed at least one symptom of secondary traumatic stress, with 22% scoring above the clinical cutoff. Education debt was negatively associated with TF-CBT use (p<0.001). Secondary traumatic stress, measured continuously and categorically, was associated with burnout (ps<0.05).Discussion: Clinicians in Philadelphia’s public mental health system experience burnout, economic precarity, financial strain, and secondary traumatic stress, which were associated with TF-CBT use. The economic strain and stress of providing care in under-resourced clinical settings may interfere with ongoing efforts to integrate scientific evidence into mental health services. Financial investment in the mental health workforce is essential.

scholarly journals Exploration of the Association between Nurses’ Moral Distress and Secondary Traumatic Stress Syndrome: Implications for Patient Safety in Mental Health Services

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Christodoulou-Fella ◽  
Nicos Middleton ◽  
Elizabeth D. E. Papathanassoglou ◽  
Maria N. K. Karanikola
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Secondary Traumatic Stress ◽  
Mental Distress ◽  
Moral Distress ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Stress Syndrome ◽  
Distress Symptoms ◽  
Distress Scale

Work-related moral distress (MD) and secondary traumatic stress syndrome (STSS) may be associated with compromised health status among health professionals, reduced productivity, and inadequate safety of care. We explored the association of MD with the severity of STSS symptoms, along with the mediating role of mental distress symptoms. Associations with emotional exhaustion and professional satisfaction were also assessed. This cross-sectional survey conducted in 206 mental health nurses (MHNs) was employed across public sector community and hospital settings in Cyprus. The analysis revealed that MD (measured by the modified Moral Distress Scale) was positively associated with both STSS (measured by the Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale) and mental distress symptoms (assessed by the General Health Questionnaire-28). The association of MD with STSS symptoms was partially mediated by mental distress symptoms. This association remained largely unchanged after adjusting for gender, age, education, rank, and intention to quit the job. Our findings provide preliminary evidence on the association between MD and STSS symptomatology in MHNs. Situations that may lead health professionals to be in moral distress seem to be mainly related to the work environment; thus interventions related to organizational empowerment of MHNs need to be developed.

scholarly journals The last line of defense: Journalism photo editors and mental health during times of trauma

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Amber Garrett
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Secondary Traumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Editorial Decisions

Countless studies have been completed on the mental health of journalistic reporters and photographers after they cover traumatic events. However, no research has been done on the mental health of photo editors who must make editorial decisions for publications after looking at such images. This study aimed to uncover the effects of an intimate experience with traumatic imagery created by another individual in hopes of bringing light to an understudied population. After analyzing the recounts of seven photo editors from publications across the continental United States, it was ultimately found that photo editors experience symptoms of Secondary Traumatic Stress, which mimics those of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Photo editors also had a tendency of avoiding confrontation with their emotional turmoil by focusing solely on work, and that they experienced an increased sense of responsibility toward their photographers who were covering trauma. These findings can open the door to further research into STS and understudied populations of working journalists, as well as help develop training programs that may lead to a more resilient workforce.

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