Author Question: What is the difference between secondary traumatic stress and burnout? What will be an ideal ... (Read 62 times)

littleanan · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

What is the difference between secondary traumatic stress and burnout?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What are the basic differences between positive, tolerable, and toxic stress?

What will be an ideal response?

olderstudent · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 2, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: Burnout occurs in jobs where there is some combination of insufficient support, long hours, high
caseloads, burdensome paperwork, and a long-term degradation of energy and spirit. Secondary
Traumatic Stress is the second-hand exposure to traumatic events

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: Positive Stress short-lived adverse experiences that result from events such as starting a new job;
Tolerable Stress adverse experiences that are more intense, but still of relatively short duration such as
death of a loved one; Toxic Stress intense adverse experiences sustained over a long period of time