Citation

Grunert BK, Devine CA, McCallum-Burke S, Matloub HS, Sanger JR, Yousif NJ. J. Hand Surg. Br. 1989; 14(2): 239-241.

Affiliation

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, British Society for Surgery of the Hand, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2568387

Abstract

This study examined on-site work evaluations as an environmental exposure strategy to promote return to work in 15 recalcitrant patients who had failed to benefit from established methods of reducing post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms. Following the on-site work evaluation, 87% of these patients were able to use visualisation of the work setting to further desensitize themselves and returned to work within the next eight weeks. All 87% have continued to be employed at six and twelve month follow-ups. This approach holds promise for assisting patients with hand injuries who develop post-traumatic stress disorder and fail to respond to traditional psychological strategies.

Language: en