Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Common Among Injured Patients
Sunday, September 14, 2008 - 21:21
in Health & Medicine
Suffering serious injury can have long-lasting implications for a patient's mental health, according to the largest-ever US study evaluating the impact of traumatic injury. Researchers found that post-traumatic stress disorder and depression were common among patients assessed one year after suffering serious injury. Injured patients diagnosed with PTSD or depression were also six times more likely to not return to work in the year following injury.
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