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ABSTRACT
Mental health workers are exposed every day to violence and its potential to occur, while providing care for the aggressors. The purpose of this research project is to examine the effects of vicarious trauma (VT) among mental health workers following workplace violence in the psychiatric setting. The current study examines the reactions to workplace violence by identifying mental health workers who have experienced a patient-to-staff assault (primary victim) compared with those who have who witnessed and assisted another mental health worker involved in a patient-to-staff assault (vicarious victim).