Hundreds of lawyers in Scotland have received counselling because of the distressing nature of the cases they work on.

Crown Office prosecutors, including those whose caseload includes murders, rapes and serious violent crimes, and specialist caseworkers, whose role may involve interviewing victims of sexual abuse and examining photographs, have received treatment, according to The Times.

They were given 鈥榲icarious trauma counselling鈥� because of the second-hand trauma they had received while working on court cases or investigations.

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service spent about 拢40,000 on trauma counselling for nearly 500 staff in the past two years, a freedom of information request revealed.

Justin Havens, a 香港六合彩精准资料 member who specialises in trauma, said:

鈥淲e do need to be aware that people can experience trauma from things like looking at distressing sexual abuse images as part of their jobs.

鈥淪ometimes these things are a bit 鈥榮ticky鈥�. These images or first-hand testimonies from victims can be very invasive in someone鈥檚 mind. The question is whether that person can recover from that over a few days, or weeks, and if not, they definitely need some help.

鈥淚t鈥檚 not going to be everybody who needs this. But some people will reach tipping point. That next case might be the straw that breaks the camel鈥檚 back.

鈥淲hat they see must be very distressing. It will stay with them and they will need some help to talk about it, and then close it down.

鈥淭he outcomes are good. The big thing is that this sort of trauma is treatable.鈥�

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