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What common trauma injury isn't treated at trauma centers? PTSD
A series of articles examines why trauma centers don’t sufficiently address the mental health consequences of traumatic injuries, and takes a hard look at trauma in Philadelphia.
Their work, which is part of a larger series on guns, includes a survey of personnel at 21 trauma centers across the country that asks what, if anything, they do to address PTSD among their patients. The responses – Temple University Hospital said it is developing a program – are posted.
What we see there is reflected in ProPublica's illuminating articles.
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