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Patients at high risk for psychiatric symptoms after a stay in the intensive care unit
April 20, 2016 by NewsBot
Results of a multi-institutional national study of nearly 700 people who survived life-threatening illness with a stay in an intensive care unit suggest that a substantial majority of them are at high risk for persistent depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder -- especially if they are female, young and unemployed.