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“I’ll Go Back to Work When I Feel Better”: Work as Therapy for Post-Trauma Depression - Dr David Bird & Nicole Hampton

09/07/12. The authors have discerned a pattern in post-trauma victims in that those that remain off work for long periods of time appear to take longer to recover from traumatically-induced psychological problems, and in particular mood disturbance. They also find the psychological symptoms more distressing and debilitating than do people who return to work quickly. This appears to be true irrespective of the reason that the person does not attend work e.g. incapacitated by injury, not in employment or education.

Many clients use the phrase “I’ll go back to work when I feel better”. In our experience, we have found this to be a counterproductive strategy, and in many cases we have noted that recovery has been helped by...

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