Secondary Traumatic Stress is defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, (DSM-5) as a term for the emotional duress suffered by a professional who hears about ...
After a natural disaster like the Los Angeles wildfires, teachers are often a first line of support for children processing trauma — but teachers can also experience what expert Stephen Hydon calls ...
Secondary trauma, vicarious trauma, and, less formally, second-hand trauma are all terms used to describe the phenomena in which an individual is indirectly, yet significantly impacted by learning of ...