Introduction Healthcare professionals, including nurses, physicians, technicians, mental health providers, and other roles, are particularly vulnerable to burnout. This is because of a combination of high responsibility, emotional demands, long hours, staffing pressures, exposure to suffering, and the expectation to continue performing even when exhausted. It’s important to recognize that burnout isn't simply being tired after a difficult week. It is deeper and more pervasive

What Events Can Cause PTSD? Trauma can happen in many different ways, and people can respond to traumatic experiences very differently. But not every distressing or difficult experience meets the clinical definition of a traumatic event for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR) identifies specific types of exposure that can meet Criterion A for PTSD. These include: Directly exp

What Is Trauma? Trauma occurs when a person experiences or witnesses a life-threatening event, serious injury, or sexual assault. It can also result from learning about or indirectly experiencing a traumatic event involving someone close to you. During trauma, the nervous system activates the fight, flight, or freeze response—also known he sympathetic nervous system. Trauma may result from a single event or from multiple experiences that accumulate over time. While trauma can