Survivors of gun injuries often face a long, painful recovery. When the gun victims are children or teens, family members also struggle.
In the year following a firearm injury, child and adolescent survivors endured significant increases in pain, psychiatric and substance use disorders compared to their peers, according to research published Monday in the journal Health Affairs. The mental health of family members also was affected.
“We can’t treat injuries like this in isolation without thinking about all the factors that are occurring in the aftermath,” said Dr. Patrick Carter, an emergency medicine physician and co-director of the University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention. Carter was not involved in the study.
Most people who experience traumatic events end up with PTSD. This is a very common trauma response. Without good support systems, and therapy, PTSD doesn’t get better either.
imagine that.
Why are we stating the obvious?
Because it is often necessary for any possible positive outcome to make the obvious explicitly clear. Like how science was necessary to prove being thrown from a car was more dangerous than being held in place, or that inhaling toxic fumes are bad for your health before legal action was taken on car safety and cigarettes.
I don’t like it, but I see your point. It’s unfortunate
Because research like this can drive policy, at least in theory.
In reality Republicans will tell them to go to church more instead.
No shit lol
