Moderate-to-high posttraumatic stress common after exposure to trauma, violence

(Yale School of Public Health) Over 30 percent of injury survivors who are treated in hospital emergency departments will have moderate-to-severe symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at some point in the first year following the initial incident, new research led by the Yale School of Public Health finds.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news