Reuters (6/12, Rapaport) reports that “nearly half of trauma patients, even those without brain injuries, experience social deficits that make it harder for them to interact with friends and stay involved in the community, a recent study suggests.” For the study, “researchers followed 805 adults hospitalized for moderate to severe traumatic injuries. During the year after the injury, 364 of them, or 45%, reported experiencing social dysfunction.” The findings were published in the journal Surgery.
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— “Traumatic injuries linked to later social dysfunction, “Lisa Rapaport, Reuters, June 21, 2019