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Posttraumatic and depressive symptoms in victims of occupational accidents.
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PMID:  22690334     Owner:  NLM     Status:  PubMed-not-MEDLINE    
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The present descriptive study was aimed at evaluating posttraumatic and depressive symptoms and their cooccurrence, in a sample of victims of workplace accidents. Also, posttraumatic negative cognitions were assessed. Eighty-five injured workers were evaluated, using the PTSD Symptom Scale, the Beck Depression Inventory II, and the posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory. 49.4% of injured workers reported both depressive and posttraumatic symptoms of clinical relevance. 20% only reported posttraumatic, but not depressive, symptoms, and 30.6% did not report either type of symptoms. The group with both posttraumatic and depressive symptoms displayed greater symptom severity and more negative cognitions about the self and about the world than the other two groups. The obtained findings indicate that workplace accidents can have a major impact upon the mental health of victims. Early interventions should be focused not only on the prevention or reduction of posttraumatic and depressive symptoms but also on restructuring specific maladaptive trauma-related cognitions.
Authors:
Giulia Buodo; Caterina Novara; Marta Ghisi; Daniela Palomba
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2012-05-29
Journal Detail:
Title:  Depression research and treatment     Volume:  2012     ISSN:  2090-133X     ISO Abbreviation:  Depress Res Treat     Publication Date:  2012  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-06-12     Completed Date:  2012-08-23     Revised Date:  2013-03-04    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101546752     Medline TA:  Depress Res Treat     Country:  United States    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  184572     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Via Venezia 8, 35131 Padova, Italy.
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