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MeSH Heading: Compassion Fatigue
Tree Number(s): C23.888.369.500.500; F01.145.126.937.500; F01.145.126.990.734.500; F02.830.900.666.750
Unique ID: D000068376
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000068376
Scope Note: Emotional distress caused by repeated or prolonged expression of compassion or empathy. It may occur in individuals working in care giving professions.
Entry Term(s): Secondary Trauma; Secondary Traumatic Stress; Secondary Traumatization; Vicarious Trauma; Vicarious Traumatization
NLM Classification #: WA 495
See Also: Burnout, Professional; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Public MeSH Note: 2016
History Note: 2016
Date Established: 2016/01/01
Date of Entry: 2015/07/06
Revision Date: 2016/10/14

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M000602637
Scope Note: Emotional distress caused by repeated or prolonged expression of compassion or empathy. It may occur in individuals working in care giving professions.
Terms: Compassion Fatigue Preferred Term
Term UI T000875560
Date02/20/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); Secondary Trauma
Term UI T000880216
Date05/21/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); Secondary Traumatization
Term UI T000880217
Date05/21/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); Vicarious Trauma
Term UI T000880218
Date05/21/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); Secondary Traumatic Stress
Term UI T000875561
Date02/20/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); Vicarious Traumatization
Term UI T000875562
Date02/20/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016)

Compassion Fatigue MeSH Descriptor Data 2025