Citation

Kliger DM, Sporty LD. Psychosomatics 1993; 34(3): 222-228.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange.

Comment In:

Psychosomatics. 1994 Jan-Feb;35(1):98

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/S0033-3182(93)71883-6

PMID

8493303

Abstract

The hospital course of adult pedestrians injured by automobiles and treated by a university trauma service over a 12-month period was reviewed to evaluate the prevalence, recognition, and intervention of substance use and suicidal behavior. The study showed that the pedestrian trauma patient had a dramatically high rate of substance use and a surprisingly low index of suspicion of suicide attempt by the treatment team as a cause of the accident. Appropriate intervention might greatly reduce the financial and human cost of trauma care, but awareness and identification of these risk factors must be taught first.

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