@article{ref1,
title="The psychiatric sequelae of burn injury",
journal="General hospital psychiatry",
year="2014",
author="Oster, Caisa and Sveen, Josefin",
volume="36",
number="5",
pages="516-522",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To examine factors predicting psychiatric morbidity, taking into account the full range of psychiatric disorders before and after burn injury. <br><br>METHODS: A cohort of 107 patients consecutively admitted to a Swedish national burn center was examined for lifetime psychiatric morbidity, as well as 94 patients at 1 year postinjury. Sixty-seven individuals, some from that same cohort, were interviewed at 2 to 7years postinjury. The predictive effects of psychiatric history, personality and other risk factors for psychiatric morbidity following burn were evaluated with multiple regression analyses. <br><br>RESULTS: The prevalence of having a psychiatric disorder preburn was 57%. One year postinjury 19% had minor or major depression and 23% had subsyndromal or full posttraumatic stress disorder. At 2 to 7years, 31% fulfilled the criteria for a psychiatric disorder. The strongest contributing factors were a history of psychiatric morbidity and neuroticism. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Two-thirds of the patients had a lifetime psychiatric disorder, and one-third had a psychiatric diagnosis 2 to 7years postburn. Mental health problems can have a major impact on daily life and functional abilities. Thus, identification and treatment of a range of psychiatric disorders, taking into account preburn psychiatric disorders and personality, is important for optimal adjustment after burn.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0163-8343",
doi="10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2014.05.003",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2014.05.003"
}