Intervention needed for survivors of childhood burns

Sunday, August 31, 2014 - 04:00 in Health & Medicine

Adults who have been hospitalized for a burn as a child experience higher than usual rates of depression and suicidal thoughts, according to new research. A 30-year follow up of childhood burns victims has found that 42% of people surveyed had suffered some form of mental illness and 30% suffered depression at some stage in their lives.

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