Citation

Mayou RA, Bryant BM. Injury 1994; 25(7): 457-460.

Affiliation

University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7960050

Abstract

Consecutive road traffic accidents attenders with multiple or 'whiplash' neck injuries were assessed following the accident, at 3 months and 1 year. Considerable changes in vehicle-driving behaviour and in attitudes to travel were reported. Concern about travel as a driver and as a passenger was usual. A sizeable proportion of subjects suffered severe and persistent anxiety associated with limitations of everyday life. The findings have implications for clinical assessment and treatment, road safety, and medical reports in compensation proceedings.