The need for the study arose out of the lack of scientific validated data
regarding the treatment of Secondary Traumatic Stress Disorder (STSD)/compassion
fatigue among emergency rescue workers as well as the need for a
cost effective treatment plan that would address the serious need for
emergency rescue workers in South Africa. The effects of STSD are often as
debilitating as that of PTSD. It hampers the sufferer unable to operate as well
as they previously did. As a result they may present with lower productivity at
work as well as psycho-social problems. This research focuses on...