Early screening spots emergency workers at greater risk of mental illness
Tuesday, June 28, 2016 - 11:11
in Health & Medicine
Emergency services workers who are more likely to suffer episodes of mental ill health later in their careers can be spotted in the first week of training. Researchers wanted to see if they could identify risk factors that made people more likely to suffer post-traumatic stress (PTSD) or major depression (MD) when working in emergency services.