Compassion Fatigue

DoD-VA Suicide Prevention Conference: Compassion Fatigue Can Plague Healthcare Providers 02/16/2010. Mental healthcare providers in the military are not immune from developing compassion fatigue, experts said at the 2010 DoD/VA Suicide Prevention Conference held last month. “We are not immune from compassion fatigue by a long shot,” said Capt Joan Hunter, USPHS, RN, who is the director of psychological health for the National Guard Bureau. U.S. Medicine