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Ten-question screening tool can predict mental health risk after emergency hospitalizations

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An injury or sudden illness serious enough to require hospitalization is a high-stress experience for anyone. For most people, that stress is temporary. For others, however, the episode can lead to lasting mental health distress. Hospital clinicians have had no easy way to predict who will bounce back psychologically after emergency...

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COVID-19 survivors face increased mental health risks up to a year later

As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches into its third year, countless people have experienced varying degrees of uncertainty, isolation and mental health challenges. However, those who have had COVID-19 have a significantly higher chance of experiencing mental health problems, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs St. Louis...