“Trauma and Self Care,” Manual on human rights monitoring, Chapter 12
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations (2011)
This manual describes how a trauma-based approach can be adopted when conducting human rights research. It also contains a checklist for self-care during, before and after conducting interviews with trauma survivors and includes a chapter on self-care for HR officers, which defines vicarious trauma, burnout, and stress management and includes tips to manage them.
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