The War Is Not Over: PTSD Common Among ICU Survivors. |
Dr. Michael Green, a doctor who is involved with Comics and Medicine (http://www.graphicmedicine.org), kindly forwarded me this link. The War Continue reading
Great article in NYT blog
AFTER the ICU, animation
a short explanatory animation by Riley Thompson https://vimeo.com/67394158
Booklet “After the ICU”
by RileyThompson for download here: http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/icudelirium/docs/AfterTheICU_RileyThompson.pdf
What you need to know
by Robin Owings Over 5 million U.S. Adults enter an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) each year. Roughly half of these Continue reading
1 in 3 have PTSD
This is evidence of what often happens to folks who have been on ventilators in the ICU. Note: PTSD can Continue reading
Caregivers and Music
Nice article from Sally Abrahms (also in the AARP Bulletin March 2013). http://www.sallyabrahms.com/health-and-medicine/sally-abrahms-how-music-therapy-helps-people-heal
Biomarkers for PTSD?
Here is hope for PTSD to be better diagnosed and more frequently recognized and treated http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/07/us/study-seeks-biomarkers-for-ptsd-and-traumatic-brain-injuries.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y&_r=0
