Title: 
Headings: Secondary Traumatic Stress Overview
Secondary
 
Traumatic
 
Stress
 
Overview
 

Definitions:
 

Common
 
Sources
 
of
 
Secondary
 
Traumatic
 
Stress:
 

Statistics:
 

How
 
to
 
recognize
 
it?
 

Affects:
 

Prevention:
  

Methods:
 

Current
 
Practices:
 


Content: Burnout: Although
 
burnout
 
has
 
many
 
of
 
the
 
same
 
causes
 
and
 
symptoms
 
of
 
secondary
 
trauma,
 
burnout
 
results
 
from
 
long
 
term
 
non-supportive
 
work
 
environments. It
 
differs
 
from
 
secondary
 
trauma
 
in
 
that
 
exposure
 
to
 
clients’
 
trauma
 
is
 
not
 
the
 
precipitating
 
factor
 
(Siegfried,
 
2008). Post
 
Traumatic
 
Stress
 
Disorder
 
(PTSD): PTSD
 
is
 
a
 
primary
 
trauma
 
which
 
results
 
from
 
direct
 
exposure
 
to
 
the
 
traumatic
 
experience. The
 
symptoms
 
of
 
primary
 
and
 
secondary
 
trauma
 
can
 
be
 
similar
 
(Conrad). Common
 
Sources
 
of
 
Secondary
 
Traumatic
 
Stress: Secondary
 
Trauma
 
can
 
be
 
experienced
 
after
 
one
 
exposure
 
or
 
over
 
a
 
prolonged
 
period
 
of
 
time. Exposure
 
to
 
potentially
 
traumatic
 
sources
 
is
 
inherent
 
in
 
a
 
child
 
caseworker’s
 
job,
 
but
 
the
 
potential
 
for
 
STS
 
and
 
the
 
severity
 
of
 
symptoms
 
that
 
occur
 
can
 
be
 
mitigated. “Common
 
sources
 
of
 
secondary
 
trauma
 
in
 
social
 
workers
 
include: