PSY344H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, List Of Night Buses In London, Authoritarianism
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Exploring compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction among police. Cost of policing: canada spends approximately . 6 billion annually on policing, these expenses are rising by million per year. Police and compassion fatigue: healthcare professionals may suffer from compassion fatigue, no empirical studies about police. Effects of compassion fatigue: similar symptoms of ptsd (post traumatic stress disorder) - nightmares, flashbacks, numbness, lack of emotion, self-blame. Contagion effect" to family members, friends, colleagues: helplessness, hopelessness, isolation. Compassion satisfaction (opposite of compassion fatigue: having meaning and finding purpose in work. November 22, 2017: high motivation to help, satisfaction from helping those who suffer. Purpose of study: amass the largest databases of police contacts in the united states and canada, estimate how compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction, and burnout occur and differ among officers. Ex an insult to out honour should always be punished . Questions related to motivation for joining the police force. Ex- for what reason did you join the force? .
