title: Psychiatric complications of burned adults: a classification.
abstract: The psychiatric complications occurring in a group of adult burn patients were correlated with pertinent data in the literature and a classification constructed, based on the three stages of the acute grief response to injury: psychiatric complications occur when the process of mourning is arrested in a regressive episode. Thirty-five adult patients with burns of greater than 7% body surface area were studied. It was found that Body Surface Area burned, the presence of a Premorbid Psychiatric Diagnosis, and Age are all significantly correlated with the occurrence of psychiatric complications following burn injuries and account for 61% of the variance in the sample. The implications of these findings and possibilities for further research are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000209:etiology; D000698:Analgesia; D001830:Body Surface Area; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D003693:Delirium / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D014149:Tranquilizing Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014149:Tranquilizing Agents