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The Bell Tolls for Thee & Thine: Compassion Fatigue & the Overdose Epidemic

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The Bell Tolls for Thee & Thine: Compassion Fatigue & the Overdose Epidemic ScienceDirect Non-fatal and fatal overdoses are traumatic events that have been increasing over the past 20 years and disproportionately impacting rural communities in the United States. The human suffering caused by the opioid epidemic is rarely described in the empirical literature. The purpose of this article is to 1) define individual- and community-level overdose-related compassion fatigue (OCF), 2) review measurement of compassion fatigue (CF) and interventions to reduce CF, 3) discuss strategies that may reduce OCF and 4) briefly discuss policy implications. READ MORE

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