Social workers can get secondary trauma

Social workers can get secondary trauma


Published: April 22, 2008 at 5:35 PM
DANVILLE, Pa., April 22 (UPI) -- Hearing repeated stories of suffering from trauma victims causes serious psychological stress in clinical social workers, U.S. researchers found.

Geisinger Health System senior investigator Joseph Boscarino and colleagues examined psychological stress, job burnout and secondary trauma among 236 New York City social workers following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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Every time I read a report like this I shake my head in agreement. While I know how hard it is on me being online, I can only imagine how hard it is on people doing this face to face, seeing the pain in someone's eyes and the tears. I give them a lot of credit because I wouldn't be able to do that on a daily basis. It's bad enough from where I sit already. There should be bumper stickers "support your mental health worker" because they sure do need it.