Unintentional Injury, Psychological Distress and Depressive Symptoms: Is There an Association for Rural Australians?

Conclusions: This study supports the hypothesis that pre-existing depression is associated with unintentional injury in a rural sample and indicates the important role of prior depression in management of injury, given the high rate of injury in rural communities. Mechanisms by which prior depression increases likelihood of unintentional injury will be further investigated using longitudinal data. PMID: 23289650 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Rural Remote Health - January 1, 2013 Category: Rural Health Authors: Fragar L, Inder KJ, Kelly BJ, Coleman C, Perkins D, Lewin TJ Tags: J Rural Health Source Type: research