title: Crisis, life events and accidents.
abstract: Using two life event scales, we found that patients who had sustained accidental injuries had experienced more changes in their lives over the past six months than a matched control group drawn from students and persons undergoing minor surgery. The implications of this finding are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D013315:Stress, Psychological