Talk:Compassion fatigue

message: Wanted to note: the link at footnote 2, to "Compassion Fatigue - Because You Care" (PDF), is broken. Not only that, on this page there's another note from 2012, 7 years ago, saying the exact same thing. So one of the major sources for this article has been unavailable at that link for years.2600:1702:AE0:CC70:E40F:DC1C:CF8A:B727 (talk) 17:15, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for asking, but you don't have to. Go ahead, and be bold! --Robert Daoust (talk) 15:47, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Additions

message: What's an animal giver? It's is listed in the professionals at risk section at the end of the article. Jane Bond (talk) 22:28, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: What

message: Is this needed? All of the facts I have stated here I know to be true and did not need any research. Or would are citations  needed to provide evidence to to others?
Country Captain Chicken 15:46, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've done a little trimming: I think that this article needs a lot of work before it meets WP:VERIFY and WP:NPOV. -- The Anome 16:21, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

text: Yes, citations/references are needed. -- backburner001 16:32, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Parts of this article seem to have been copied word for word from the website article "Compassion Fatigue: An Introduction" by Charles R. Figley http://www.giftfromwithin.org/html/cmpfatig.html so it will need to be rewritten.  BoundaryRider (talk) 00:59, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Missing citations

message: This article is interesting. I've done some copy editing, basically reducing the number of categories and sub-categories, a number of which were unwarranted. 
Clearly, someone who has a systematic break-down of this problem ought to be doing some work on it. As it stands, the article, factually speaking, is floating on nothing but air. More hard facts and systematic analysis are needed. 
Good luck. Cheers, --MILH 01:39, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some copy editing, but a lot needs to be done.  

message: Why are we refering to the 2004 earthquake when the term and the phenomenon clearly predate this? Either the second paragraph should be excised or it should follow the third paragraph on usuage of the term in the 90's. Maybe something like:
:*"Compassion fatigue" was first used in the early 90's by news media in the United States to describe the public's lack of patience (cite BTW). Later it was used to describe international response to large scale disasters or conflicts like (oh, I seem to recall it in reference to Somalia and the Congo in the 90's, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, etc)."
As it stands, the earthquake references appear out of place. And of course, everything is uncited. -- KarlHallowell 20:04, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake reference? 

message: I think there needs to be some differentiation between the media/public usage(s) of the concept of compassion fatigue (vs. the individual ones); it sounds more like cynicism, rather than depression/hopelessness/etc. Historian932 (talk) 07:03, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Differentiating between burnout and cynicism 

message: The current article section seems to take into account only domestic donating (mainly inside the U.S.), while the term actually seems to apply a lot more to donations to be used in other countries.  When there's no simple overall narrative (i.e. single natural disaster or comprehensible catastrophe) to explain a humanitarian situation, and people instead perceive that the situation was created by convoluted politics between many opposing groups -- or when people don't have a feeling that their donations will help in restoring the situation to some kind of relative normality, but instead will be used for long-term subsistence maintenance of those displaced or impoverished by ongoing political disputes -- then donations for relief in foreign countries often fall off... AnonMoos (talk) 22:30, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Compassion fatigue in charitable giving

message: Please, check these advertises links Number 1, 2 and 10 with former links inscriptions. Seems to be commercial malevolence... --Schnäggli (talk) 09:54, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  3 wrong links 

message: Redirects to this page, but "disaster pornography" isn't mentioned in the article or the talk page. So, what's the connection? MonoTrouble (talk) 21:48, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: You are quite right, and I changed the redirect. Lova Falk talk 09:01, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disaster pornography? 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Recent neuroscientific studies suggest that it is empathy that leads to fatigue and not compassion. Contrary, compassion can prevent fatigue and burnout. I amended the article accordingly. For academic sources see:
:1) Altruism: The Power of Compassion to Change Yourself and the World, author= M. Ricard, chapter IV, chapter-url: http://info-buddhism.com/Empathy-Compassion-Neuroscience-Ricard-Altruism.html, pages=56–64, year=2015, publisher: Brown and Company, isbn: 978-0316208246 and here:
:2)  Differential pattern of functional brain plasticity after compassion and empathy training, Olga M. Klimecki, Susanne Leiberg, Matthieu Ricard, and Tania Singer, Department of Social Neuroscience, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Kt66 (talk) 15:31, 31 August 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Compassion minus Empathy = Sympathy = Passive Compassion. 👌 Good link. 117.213.21.83 (talk) 13:43, 5 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: New neuroscientist research suggests another look onto it

message: Hello! I am a nursing student looking to add to/edit an article on Wikipedia based on current evidence based practice. This is my current plan:
-There are many direct quotes, some even paragraphs long, that I will edit and condense to make it more encyclopedic
-Some statements are not cited that need to be so I will look for citations/put in "citation needed".
-Addition of research regarding resiliency training for nurses to prevent compassion fatigue and help combat current fatigue. My source:
Potter, P., Pion, S., & Gentry, J. E. (2015). Compassion fatigue resiliency training: The experience of facilitators. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 46(2), 83-88. doi:http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.gvsu.edu/10.3928/00220124-20151217-03 This trains nurses to adopt self-regulation, intentionality, perceptual maturation, connection, and self-care.
-Defining some of the consequences of compassion fatigue in the health care setting, including an inability to engage in an empathetic relationship, which impedes the health care professional from establishing a trusting relationship, along with the physical and psychological effects. My source:
Sorenson, Claire, PhD,R.N.C.-N.I.C., C.C.R.N., Bolick, Beth, DNP, ARNP, PPCNP-BC,C.P.N.P.-A.C., F.A.A.N., Wright, Karen,PhD., N.N.P.-B.C., & Hamilton, Rebekah, PhD, RN,C.N.L., F.A.A.N. (2017). An evolutionary concept analysis of compassion fatigue. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 49(5), 557-563. doi:http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.gvsu.edu/10.1111/jnu.12312  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Williann1 (talk • contribs) 16:52, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Planned Additions to This Article 

message: I noticed in reading this article that the section on how different healthcare professionals experience compassion fatigue is quite lengthy. This is great, but the section on lawyers is so much shorter it seems like underrepresentation. I would also like to suggest that other occupations be discussed as well such as law enforcement or social workers. Fallingskies17 (talk) 01:52, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Underrepresentation of other occupations 

message: I cannot distinguish  Vicarious traumatization from Compassion fatigue, in a sense where they would be 2 naturally distinct phenomena. Rather, I tend to think that researchers of 2 domains identified more or less the same phenomenon, let us call it Helper Traumatism, which led two 2 different names.
Would it be possible to regroup those 2 articles into a single one with an appropriate name? (Helper Traumatism would be my initial choice.) With appropriate redirects. And with, if needed, specialised article sections to present the studies and results made under the 2 names. (I posted this question in the talk pages of both present articles.) denis 'spir' (talk) 08:16, 16 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Compassion fatigue and Vicarious traumatization 

message: This text is copied directly from 
"An early use of the term was in a 1981 US document on immigration policy. In the early 1990s the news media in the United States used compassion fatigue to describe the public's lack of patience, or perhaps simply the editors' lack of patience, with "the homeless problem". It had previously been presented as an anomaly that had only existed for a short time and could presumably be solved. The term was also used in 1992 when Joinson used the term in a nursing magazine to describe nurses who deal with hospital emergencies."
This text is also not a reliable source as it is a religious book published by a non-academic publisher. I am removing the text until a suitable source can be found. There may be other examples of plagiarism in this article as well. AnaSoc (talk) 00:20, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  plagiarized material 

message: After reading the page the main issue with the writing is its vagueness. You have a lot of sociology/medical/psychology terminology that needs further explanation for your audience members not familiar with social-emotional language i.e compassion, compassion fatigue, chronic tedium, and the difference between care and help (if there is a difference between care and help). 
I would not give lawyers' experience with STS its own heading. You currently do not have enough information in that section to validate it standing on its own. I would include the lawyers information underneath the healthcare professions heading, but change the healthcare professions heading's name to be more inclusive of other professions you will list. 
The prevention portion of your page is not balanced with the rest of the sections in your article. You need more information in the prevention section. I would not divide the prevention section into subheadings, I would include everything together underneath the heading "Prevention".
"Healthcare professionals experiencing compassion fatigue may find it difficult to continue doing their jobs. They can be exposed to trauma while trying to deal with compassion fatigue, potentially pushing them out of their career field. If they decide to stay, it can negatively affect the therapeutic relationship they have with patients because it depends on forming an empathetic, trusting relationship that could be difficult to make in the midst of compassion fatigue. Because of this, healthcare institutions are placing increased importance on supporting their employees emotional needs so they can better care for patients.[18]"
This was very confusing to read. I've already suggested before that you need to almost over explain to Wiki audiences sociology/medical/psychology terminology. For example, what is a therapeutic relationship, what is empathy? Do all healthcare professionals have "patients"? Therapists and social workers have clients, teachers have students, please use more inclusive language if you are going to cover a term that affects all helping professions, or narrow your topic down to compassion fatigue in  a particular field.
I think including more about the 1950's study of compassion fatigue with nurses would benefit your article. You need to work on how you transition your sources into your writing. The transitions you currently have are awkward. 
You have a great topic and skeleton, just needs a little more work. Happy Editing!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Danithecounselor (talk • contribs) 16:49, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peer Review 

message: Hi, I'm new! In reading through this article, I noticed a few spots where the grammar could have been worded better. The punctuation could also use another look. It was mostly small things, like a comma not being in the right place, a colon used in place of a semi-colon, things like that. It would read a bit easier if those things were cleaned up. Some of the sentences under the history section were confusing and could probably be written more concise. 
Arunataru (talk) 00:41, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grammar and punctuation 

message: While reviewing this article I noticed a few small things that could be improved on. There are a few minor grammatical errors need to be fixed. More importantly than that, I noticed that compassion fade is thrown in at the end of the article. While I think it is great to differentiate between compassion fatigue and compassion fade, maybe there is a better way to include this in the article. Or compassion fade could be added onto more.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Breepitt (talk • contribs) 03:06, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Compassion Fade 

message: Hello, while looking at the section covering caregivers, I did not see a definition of a caregiver and/or examples of one. Should that be added?
-Isah1998 (talk) 02:25, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Caregivers

message: Hello, I noticed some sources cited were over 15 years old. I think perhaps finding more current sources within 5-10 years might help the article stay more current and up-to-date.-MrPaige (talk) 16:15, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources

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