Recovery from job-loss injury is more than physical
When a person leaves a job due to a serious injury, the resulting mental health issues, like depression or post-traumatic stress, can endure longer than the physical ones. New research by Aimee Palumbo, assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, finds a connection between returning to work and mental health outcomes in Black men in Philadelphia recovering from serious injuries.
The research, newly published in the journal Injury, finds not returning to work after injury to be strongly associated with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder...