Heroes in crisis: trauma centers should be screening for and intervening on post-traumatic stress in our emergency responders - Tatebe LC, Siva NR, Pekarek S, Liesen E, Wheeler A, Reese C, Schlanser V, Kaminsky M, Messer T, Starr F, Mis J, Bokhari F, Dennis A.

BACKGROUND: Emergency responders face a crisis of rising suicide rates, and many resist seeking help due to the stigma surrounding mental health. We sought to evaluate the feasibility of an urban trauma center to screen for post-traumatic stress (PTS) amon...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news