Social support in relation to posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among patients with violent versus nonviolent injury.

Shannon E CusackLeigh E RidingsTatiana M DavidsonHannah C EspeletaDulaney A WilsonKenneth J Ruggiero

Published in: Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy (2023)

Findings highlight the interrelatedness of key risk variables (i.e., injury type) with protective factors in influencing the trajectory of psychopathology postinjury. Violence intervention and interruption programs may have the capacity to fill patient needs when social support networks are insufficient. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

Keyphrases

social support
posttraumatic stress disorder
depressive symptoms
randomized controlled trial
mental health
case report
public health
sleep quality
anorexia nervosa
electronic health record