Crisis, Life Events and Accidents
Australian & New Zealand Journal of PsychiatryPublished 1 June 1977
F. A. Whitlock, Jorden Stoll, R. J. Rekhdahl
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Using two life event scales, it is found that patients who had sustained accidental injuries had experienced more changes in their lives over the past six months than a matched control group drawn from students and persons undergoing minor surgery.
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Using two life event scales, we found that patients who had sustained accidental injuries had experienced more changes in their lives over the past six months than a matched control group drawn from students and persons undergoing minor surgery. The implications of this finding are discussed.
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