A national study of junior doctors and consultants being undertaken by RCPI in collaboration with RCSI, the College of Anaesthetists, College of Psychiatry, Irish Association of Emergency Medicine and Dublin City University, will for the first time reveal the level of abnormal stress in the hospital doctor population in Ireland when completed early next year.
Women with the most symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) appear to have a nearly two-fold increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) compared to women not exposed to trauma, according to a study published online by JAMA Psychiatry.
While the battle to ensure the mental well-being of those in the military may be just beginning, some novel initiatives in the US and Canada may well prove beneficial, writes Dr Muiris Houston.
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