title: Post-traumatic syndrome: another myth discredited.
abstract: Further studies confirm the authors' previous contention that patients suffering from the post-traumatic syndrome (PTS) do recover from this syndrome and return to full-time work before litigation is settled. Failure to have returned to work by the time of settlement indicates a bad prognosis, and such patients rarely return to work afterwards; the older the patient the worse the prognosis.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D008875:Middle Aged; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000534:rehabilitation; D014937:Work