Caregivers of ICU patients are collateral damage of critical illness

Intensive care unit patients are not the only ones likely to be severely depressed in the aftermath of hospitalisation. Family and friends who care for them often suffer emotional and social hardship, too, according to a prospective study from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine that is the first to monitor patients and caregivers during a one-year period for predictors of depression and lifestyle disruption...

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