Preventing Vicarious Trauma (VT), Compassion Fatigue (CF), and Burnout (BO) in Forensic Mental Health: Forensic Psychology as Exemplar Pirelli, G., Formon, D. L., & Maloney, K. (2020). Preventing vicarious trauma (VT), compassion fatigue (CF), and burnout (BO) in forensic mental health: Forensic psychology as exemplar. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 51(5), 454–466.
Pirelli et al. (2020) discuss specific outcomes related to being exposed to potentially traumatizing events while working in forensic psychology. They describe vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, and burnout as well as strategies to prevent these outcomes among practitioners.