Secondary distress in violence researchers: a randomised trial of the effectiveness of group debriefings

Abstract Background Secondary distress including emotional distress, vicarious trauma (VT) and secondary traumatic stress (STS) due to exposure to primary trauma victims have been described in helping professionals and in violence researchers. To our knowledge, there are few prevalence studies, and...

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Main Authors: Heidi Grundlingh, Louise Knight, Dipak Naker, Karen Devries
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-017-1327-x