Injury control. A promising field for psychologists.
Injury is the fourth leading cause of death for all Americans and the most frequent cause of death for those from age 1 to 45. Moreover, injury is associated with higher treatment costs and with greater lost life-years than the other three leading causes of death. Traffic accidents are the leading cause of severe brain injury, including most paraplegic and quadriplegic cases. Because injury control is essentially psychological, there are many opportunities for psychologists to contribute, both to scientific research on the causes of injury and to clinical interventions for injury control.
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Center for Research in Behavioral Medicine and Health Psychology, University of South Forida.
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D015438:Health Behavior; D006292:Health Priorities; D006801:Humans; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology