What may surprise you is that such secondary exposure can have similar effects to directly experienced trauma, and in some cases, even more so. This phenomenon is known as “vicarious trauma" (VT ...

A new theory aims to make sense of it all. Source: Image by Qu Ji from Pixabay Most people have heard of the term vicarious trauma, relating to a concept that is often defined broadly in ...

It’s called vicarious trauma and it can trigger troubled sleep, increased feelings of depression, heightened anxiety, fear and anger. “It really is impacting our mental health,” Ziegler said.

She says this vicarious trauma affects a portion of the viewing public and though it is not a specific diagnosis, she has seen patterns similar to those that plague first responders – nurses ...

But what can other trauma workers do to reduce their chance of vicarious trauma? For six years Tanya Martin worked as a court reporter in regional Queensland. Each day she sat alone with earphones ...

She says this vicarious trauma affects a portion of the viewing public and though it is not a specific diagnosis, she has seen patterns similar to those that plague first responders – nurses ...