Vicarious traumatization

Indirect trauma or secondary trauma (similar used names are: Sekundärtraumatisierung, Secondary trauma disorder, Deputy trauma, co- traumatization, co- traumatization, monitoring burn-out, " emotional contagion ," " transmissive trauma [ of engl vicarious traumatization, VT. ] " Mitgefühlserschöpfung [ of engl. Compassion fatigue ], Traumatic countertransference ) refers to the psychological trauma that may result from the monitoring and understood things from direct trauma with relatives and helping people. It shows symptoms similar to those of the primary traumatized. The term vicarious traumatization was by McCann and Pearlman (1990 ) coined the used the term in order to describe the experience of psychotherapists who worked with traumatized survivors.

But Indirect or secondary traumatization refers not only to the profession of the therapist. Also, firefighters, paramedics, emergency workers, police officers, social workers, hospital staff, teachers, members of the trauma victim, even descendants example of Holocaust survivors, war veterans etc. can be affected.